When Nicole Reynolds's water broke two weeks ahead of her due date, her husband sprung into action, packing his wife into the car.
Yet Aaron Reynolds, from San Diego, California, never quite made it to the hospital - after his Port Expedition ran out of gas.
After re-routing to a gas station on the way to the hospital, Nicole could wait no longer and her husband delivered their third child on the freeway.
Family: Aaron and Nicole Reynolds show off their new son Jeremiah, who was delivered in their Port Expedition on the side of a freeway on the way to hospital
On the way to the hospital, Mrs Reynolds began screaming, demanding her husband pull the car over.
'She's saying she needs to push,' he recalled. 'She said, "Pull over the vehicle" and any father knows when the wife says pull over you better pull over.'
So Mr Reynolds, 31, pulled onto the hard shoulder of Interstate 15 and called 911. Attempts to flag down help from drivers were unsuccessful.
But with the guidance of the 911 operator, he was able to deliver his 7Ib 8oz son, Jeremiah, at 12.30 a.m. in the front seat of his car.
Quick thinking: Mr Reynolds, pictured right, pulled over and delivered the baby on the side of Interstate 15. After the birth, paramedics arrived on the scene
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