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Baby born on Mersey Gateway bridge

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  • And Finally
  • Baby
  • Paramedics
  • Thursday July 30, 2020, 3:30 PM
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Video report by Victoria Grimes

A baby girl has been born nearly three months premature as her mum crossed the River Mersey.

Baby Opal was born in an ambulance on the Mersey Gateway Bridge, as her parents were en-route to hospital.

They have been reunited with one of the paramedics who delivered her.

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