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Durban North paramedics deliver baby in emergency lane
The baby boy has been named, Shalom.
![Powell added on consent of the mother, they were very proud to share the heartwarming scene of mom cradling her newborn baby boy. PHOTO: Crisis Medical](https://images.caxton.co.za/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2016/06/IMG-20160617-WA0020.jpg)
A YOUNG family is celebrating a miracle birth of a baby boy after paramedics helped a woman in labour in the emergency lane on the M25 on Friday night
According to Crisis Medical’s Neil Powell, paramedics were waved down by a stationary vehicle while traveling south-bound on the M25.
“The 23-year-old was in labour and was in the process of giving birth. We assisted in the delivery of the baby, a beautiful boy who appears to have been in good health and vitally stable. Both mother and newborn were transported to a nearby hospital.”
Powell added the baby boy has been named, Shalom.