By Morgan Huelsman
Jan 29, 2021
Trooper Thomas Maymi was working a shift on the Indiana Toll Road when some things unfolded with a mom-to-be.
While observing traffic, he noticed that a male driver had stopped his semi-truck, exited his vehicle and was running across the highway towards him. The man, Carl Robertson, told the officer that he needed help as his wife was pregnant and
Maymi jumped into action. First he called dispatch to call for an ambulance. Then followed Robertson to his truck to check on his wife Shaniqua Traywick. Maymi realized that there wasn t going to be enough time to transport the patient to the hospital and he would need to deliver the baby.
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The mom and dad of a newborn baby named him after the officer that helped them deliver the baby on the side of a toll road. The officer immediately jumped into action upon learning that a pregnant woman is in labor.
On Friday afternoon, Indiana State Trooper Thomas Maymi worked during his shift when the dramatic ordeal happened on the Indiana Toll Road. According to an Indiana State Police press release, the officer observed traffic at around 12:30 in the afternoon.
The man runs across the highway to get help
Maymi noticed that a male driver had stopped his semi-truck near the 52 mile-marker on the road s westbound side. He saw that the man run across the highway so he could talk to the officer.
Jan 22, 2021
A woman in labor didn’t make it to the hospital in time to have her baby, but an Indiana State Trooper was there to help deliver him. Trooper
Thomas Maymi was working his shift on a toll road when a male driver stopped his semi-truck and started running toward him. It turns out, his wife was having her baby and they needed help.
Trooper Maymi called for an ambulance and headed to dad-to-be
Carl Robertson’s truck, where his wife,
Shaniqua Traywick, was having contractions. It was clear to Maymi that they didn’t have time to make it to the hospital, so he helped her until EMS arrived. Just two minutes later, the baby boy was born.
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