Indian-origin cab driver helps pregnant woman deliver baby safely on winter night

Hardeep Singh Toor. Pic Courtesy/instagram/shvm2213

An Indian-origin cab driver who picked up a couple, including a pregnant woman, as passengers, delivered three people safely to a hospital on a cold winter night, with the female giving birth on board, local media reported.

Hardeep Singh Toor, a Calgary taxi driver, answered a late-night dispatch call last Saturday for what he was told was an urgent ride to a hospital. Toor realised the urgency of the situation as soon as he saw the couple in distress. With temperatures around minus 23 degrees Celsius, stormy weather and slippery roads, he said his only focus was getting them to the hospital as quickly and safely as possible.

Just blocks away from the hospital, Peter Lougheed Centre, Toor noticed that the kicking and screaming had stopped in the backseat. The baby was born in the back seat with the building already in sight. "I did not stop. I was thinking I should get there as soon as possible," Toor said. As soon as they reached the hospital, staff rushed to help the couple and the newborn baby.

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