CLOSER LOOK: This baby was born on the side of a snowy highway

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On tonight’s episode of ‘Closer Look’: A very special roadside delivery.

A family in Northern Ontario is singing the praises of two quick-thinking paramedics and a nurse who helped deliver a baby boy last weekend — on the side of a highway, in the middle of a snowstorm.

The mother-to-be was being transported to a New Liskeard hospital when the two medics, Brandi Ouelette and Natasha Albert, realized they wouldn't get there in time. So they pulled over on the side of Highway 11, kept their lights blinking, and helped bring the new baby into the world.

SEE: Paramedics deliver baby on Highway 11 during snowstorm

“As paramedics, we are trained to handle emergencies and prepare for everything that could go wrong," the medics said in a joint statement to TimminsToday. "Often, we’re faced with severe injuries, illnesses, and loss. But this past weekend, everything went right."

TimminsToday reporter Marissa Lentz-McGrath joins us with the full story. You can read her coverage HERE.

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