PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois woman says her baby was born on the bank of a bridge on the way to the hospital. Elizabeth Riddle says her son was delivered around 4 a.m. Saturday by his father, Brandon Smith, in the back seat of their car in Tazewell County. Riddle says she had been in labor on Friday, but hospital officials sent her home to Eureka because of consistent contractions that weren't progressing. However, Riddle says her previous three deliveries had been quick once her water broke. She says they went home, but the pain became unbearable and they pulled over on the way back to the hospital. Baby Paxton Smith is 6 pounds. Family members put balloons near the spot he was born to commemorate and celebrate his birth.
