A baby girl was on Friday born in a police patrol vehicle after her parents’ car broke down in snow on their way to hospital.

According to a report on the Dailymail.co.uk, Emily McBride and her partner Thomas Carson were on their way to Royal Stoke University Hospital when their car ground to a halt.

The couple were picked up by officers from Staffordshire Police who took them to hospital in the back of their patrol vehicle.

It was gathered that before Emily could make it out of the car, she gave birth to a baby girl named Darcey.

Darcey Carson McBride was delivered by hospital staff on the back seat of the car at 08:56 GMT weighing 6lb 9oz (2.98kg).

Thanking the officers for getting her to hospital safely, Ms McBride said, “I’m really grateful, they (Staffordshire Police) got us there in time, if it wasn’t for them, I would have been giving birth in traffic.”