- A Minnesota woman gave birth this week to a baby boy while driving her 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt.
- The baby's birth created a media sensation.
- GM has since bestowed a variety of baby gifts on the family, including a year's worth of diapers.
DETROIT — A Minnesota woman who gave birth to a baby boy while driving her red 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt earlier this week has been given a carload of gifts from General Motors. The bonanza includes a one-year supply of diapers, which the automaker said in a statement is "to avoid any other unexpected deliveries in the car."
GM — which said the baby was "miraculously delivered" — gave the family two child safety seats, a stroller and "numerous other supplies," including bottles, formula and toys.
"We knew the Cobalt was designed to deliver its occupants safely, but never did we expect a delivery quite like this," said Margaret Brooks, Chevrolet product marketing director of small cars and crossovers.
The baby's birth created a media sensation. Amanda McBride was driving her Chevy Cobalt to the hospital while in labor. The child's father, Joseph Phillips, was unable to drive because of a medical condition, according to the automaker. With the baby's birth imminent, McBride told the Bemidji Pioneer that she pulled down her pants, while Phillips steered the car. "And then the baby just came right out," she said. "I was just sitting on the seat and he just slid out. It really wasn't bad at all."
McBride told ABC News that she was going about 70 miles per hour in the car at the time and had put the car "on cruise."
The parents say that the baby has been nicknamed "Joe Chevy."
Inside Line says: Talk about distracted driving. — Anita Lienert, Correspondent
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captobvious says:
06:32 AM, 06/24/2011
@ notabigdeal,
she's probably slap you lol
tbone85 says:
03:37 PM, 05/28/2010
Bigdeal,
ROFLOL
wjtinatl says:
08:17 PM, 05/27/2010
Even the baby couldn't wait to get out of the Cobalt! Imagine the press if Chevy had given her a new Equinox. Another missed opportunity for GM!
fortstring says:
06:08 PM, 05/27/2010
This sounds like an extreme-speeds version of Where the Heart Is (2000 movie), where Natalie Portman gives birth to a "Wal-mart baby"
deadviper says:
02:13 PM, 05/27/2010
"And GM plans to REWARD this lapse of jugdement?"
See, the thing about birth is that, once your preggo, if freaking happens when it damn well wants to (most births are around 9 months, but thats not set to a sharp schedule, so it may be a few weeks shy/a few weeks beyond that). Lets see what sort of judgment YOU have when you have to push a 10 lb bundle of baby goodness through your pelvis at an inopportune time.
mrryte says:
01:43 PM, 05/27/2010
"McBride told ABC News that she was going about 70 miles per hour in the car at the time and had put the car "on cruise."
?!?HUH?!?
Ok; maybe I'm missing something here....but why didn't the driver think about pulling off to the side of the road???
And GM plans to REWARD this lapse of jugdement???
ahsanhuda says:
01:07 PM, 05/27/2010
this is worse than texting while driving!
it should be illegal! :-)
tbone85 says:
12:52 PM, 05/27/2010
@bibdeal,
ROFLMAO!
bkj216 says:
12:25 PM, 05/27/2010
As "amazing" of a story as this is, this was incredibly dangerous and stupid really
notabigdeal says:
12:13 PM, 05/27/2010
What would happen if I told my wife to give birth in a BMW...