Paramedics from the Essex-Windsor EMS Tecumseh station helped deliver a baby boy in a parking lot on March 4, 2026, after a local mother experienced a rapid, emergency delivery. The incident occurred in the Work Authority parking lot at the corner of Tecumseh Road and Walker Road in Windsor, just steps away from the Windsor Regional Hospital, Metropolitan Campus.
The mother, Taylor Cabana of Riverside, went through what medical professionals call a precipitous delivery, where labor progresses in less than three hours. In this case, the process lasted only about 70 minutes. Because the labor moved so quickly, the paramedics had to assist with the birth inside the ambulance before reaching the hospital.
Four primary care paramedics were involved in the emergency response. Sal Bertucci and Anna Mitrev, who work out of the Tecumseh station on Lesperance Road, were joined by Lilly Pattinson and Geoffrey Mackenzie from the East Windsor station on Jefferson Boulevard. While all four had undergone standard college training for emergency childbirth, this event marked the first time any of them had performed a delivery on their own.
Bertucci, who has 17 years of experience with the service, took the lead during the birth of the baby, Myles Kenneth Rock. He later described the event as the most significant call of his career. According to the County of Essex, Bertucci emphasized the readiness of the emergency teams, stating that while nobody specifically plans to have a baby in the back of an ambulance, the paramedics are always there to help if the situation requires it.
The parents later corrected the official birth records to reflect the unique circumstances of the delivery. The service covers more than 400,000 residents across the region, operating 24 hours a day with over 260 paramedics stationed across 12 different bases.
