Baby Survives Car Crash Minutes After She Was Born In The SUV’s Backseat

A newborn baby, along with her family in Georgia, survived a car wreck minutes after her mom delivered her in the backseat.

The expectant mother, Crysten D’ve Graham, 23, who was due for April 19, went into her labors early on the same night when heavy storms and tornadoes battered Georgia and other southern states. Graham called for her mother, Chrys Yvette Jones to drive her to the hospital with her 14-month-old elder child Tai Anderson in tow on April 13. It was only one mile they scaled in the 12-mile trip to Northside Hospital Gwinnett when Graham had to deliver her young, Cea Tiyanna Anderson, in the SUV.

"My daughter was saying 'I think it's coming,'" Jones told ABC News. "She remembered her breathing techniques, because she had her other baby last year and she was able to do it herself."

In an unfortunate turn of event, Jones told police that she hydroplaned and lost control of the vehicle, which then rammed into a power pole, spun and then struck a brick fence. She said she got herself, Graham and Tai out of the car and all of them suffered only minor injuries. They then realized that the newborn was missing and panicked.

"We started to look for the baby and then all of a sudden the police were there," Jones said. Lilburn Police Department officers Daniel Bride and Cepeda Huf scoured all over the wrecked car to trace the newborn, only to find her lying relatively unharmed in the backseat.

"She just had a little scratch on her nose but that cleared up," Jones added. The family was rushed to the hospital and Jones and Tai were released shortly after. Graham and her newborn were released from the hospital on Wednesday (April 22).

"We're just rearranging things in the home now, and getting the nursery set up," Jones said.

Jones said they didn’t have any visitors given the coronavirus concerns but were being flooded with messages from friends and relatives from across the country.

Jones thinks the real heroes were the officers who came to their aid. "They were angels," she said. "We didn’t get to call 911. Somehow, they were just there and moved so fast. They have a special place in our hearts."

Jones said she could not wait to “thank and bless” the officers in person who “really went above and beyond” to help them.