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A woman in Pittsburgh gave birth to a baby boy on the side of Interstate 279 while driving to the hospital on Sunday morning.
It wasn't just snow that arrived in Allegheny County overnight.
A mother delivered her baby on Interstate 279 in Pittsburgh during a snowstorm, with paramedics and police aiding a safe birth before a heavy snowfall hit the city.
(Photo Courtesy of WPXI-TV Pittsburgh, Posted on Facebook on January 25th, 2026)
PennDOT is temporarily reducing speed limits on highways including I-79, I-279, I-376, Route 28 and Route 65.
Drivers crawling along a snow-choked Pittsburgh interstate on Sunday watched a different kind of emergency unfold: a mother delivering her baby boy on the side of the highway while a record winter storm pounded the region.
At least one person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 79 in Mercer County on Thursday, officials said.