Tlaxcala, Mexico – A baby was born in a patrol car while officers rushed the mother to a hospital in Tlaxcala, a state in central Mexico, the Federal Police said.

Officers spotted an automobile that had broken down on the Tlalpan-Apizaco stretch of the Mexico City-Zacatepec National Highway and stopped to help the motorist.

Officers approached the vehicle and saw a man and a woman inside, the Federal Police said in a statement. The woman, identified as Maria Blanca Carrillo Sanchez, was in labor and the driver, Alejandro Ramos Ramirez, asked the officers for help.

The officers moved the woman into the patrol car and headed for the hospital.

"During the trip, the woman gave birth in Radio Patrol Car 12826 of the Federal Police, and the officers provided the needed first aid and kept the mother and child stabilized until they reached the Regional Hospital in Apizaco, Tlaxcala," the law enforcement agency said.

The mother and newborn were taken away by medical personnel at the hospital’s entrance and are being treated by doctors.

The Federal Police Academy in San Luis Potosi trains their officers in first aid and paramedic skills.