A father is going through a £2,500 quality for speeding alongside the m5 after his wife went into labour inside the passenger seat.
Louis baker, 30, changed into using inside the velocity restriction for "most people" of the course from his rubery home to worcestershire royal health facility.
However, spouse laura's contractions "intensified" and he "put his foot down", clocking up 101 mph, birmingham stay reported.
West mercia police said he confronted a £2,500 pleasant and six penalty factors.
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Mr baker, who is a manufacturing facility employee at jaguar land rover, said: "i simply did not want my spouse and unborn son to die on the side of the road."
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Mrs baker, a trainee pharmacy technician, had visited the sanatorium in advance on 14 april after experiencing contractions. Once they stopped she was discharged.
However throughout the nighttime the contractions lower back and the pair started the power back to the health center.
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Mrs baker stated: "we had been satisfactory, sticking to the velocity restriction for most people of the adventure, then i all of sudden felt like i had to push and that i knew i couldn't provide beginning on the facet of the street, so louis put his foot down."
Infant ellis had stopped developing at 36 weeks and his mother is a provider of streptococcus b. The couple's previous toddler nyla, 4, were born in just 11 minutes.
Mr baker stated we changed into ready to get hold of a courtroom date for his case.
Mrs baker said: "we are now not saying we do not deserve a nice, we had been speeding, however we simply hope that the decide knows."
A spokesperson for west mercia police said: "due to the speed involved this example is being referred immediately to the magistrates' courtroom.
"magistrates will bear in mind any mitigation when determining their choice."
