Thurston deputy finds passenger mid-birth following car crash in Olympia Saturday

A Thurston County sheriff’s deputy responding to a collision early Saturday morning found one of the passengers actively giving birth, Sheriff Derek Sanders said on his social media.

A deputy stumbled across a fresh two-car collision at the intersection of Cooper Point Road and Black Lake Boulevard in southwest Olympia, Sanders posted Saturday afternoon.

The deputy found that a passenger in one of the vehicles was actively giving birth. Sanders said the Olympia Police Department and medical personnel arrived to transport the new parents to the hospital. He said no serious injuries were reported.

The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office couldn’t be reached Sunday for more information regarding the cause of the collision.

Ty Vinson

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Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription