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A British tourist has given birth in the back of a police car on the island of Menorca.
The holidaymaker was helped out by the officers after her waters broke on a residential estate called Ses Salines in the municipality of Es Mercadal.
The unnamed woman gave birth on the back seat of their patrol car as she was being rushed to Menorca's state General Mateu Orfila Hospital.
The officers helped deliver a healthy baby girl, despite the fact she was born prematurely, and mum and daughter are said to be doing okay.
The child was airlifted to Son Espases Hospital located roughly 40 miles away in neighbouring Majorca, to receive specialist treatment from the neo-natal unit, while the mother remained in the hospital in Menorca.
Police sources said the couple had been dining together in a restaurant when the woman's waters broke prematurely.
The child was airlifted to Son Espases Hospital located roughly 40 miles away in neighbouring Majorca, to receive specialist treatment from the neo-natal unit
A spokesman for the Civil Guard said: 'On Monday afternoon a police patrol consisting
