One brave woman has been branded a hero after delivering a baby at the scene of a horrifying car crash.
Teen couple Niser Saldana-Quilantan and Edward Ortega were driving with their two-year-old daughter, Adrallis in Texas, in the US when a horrific accident resulted in them being ejected from their overturned vehicle.
Iria Wolnick stopped at the scene and rushed over to help Niser, 19, who was eight months pregnant and asking, "How's my baby?"
The mum-of-four looked down to see Niser's stomach wound and acted quickly to deliver the unborn baby.
Iria said, "My reaction was to spring into action and do what I could. The baby's head and one of her hands was protruded out of the laceration to her abdomen."
Iria managed to get the baby's heart beating before paramedics arrived, while a truck driver tied off the umbilical cord with a shoelace.
Sadly, while newborn Emma, dad Edward, 19, and Ardallis all survived, Niser later passed away in hospital.
Heroic Iria, who had been heading to a funeral on the ill-fated day, received a police bravery for her actions.
Speaking about the accident, she said, "I was given the opportunity to bring life into the world in those conditions."
