SKOWHEGAN, Maine — Police in Maine say a pregnant woman was driving to the hospital to give birth when she lost control of her vehicle and crashed. She died, and the baby is in critical condition.
The Kennebec Journal reports the crash happened Monday morning on Route 2 in Skowhegan. Authorities say the Desiree Strout, 27, was traveling from Canaan to a hospital to have her labor induced. Police say the Strout's SUV hit black ice, struck a snowbank and rolled over onto a frozen pond.
Strout was nine months pregnant. Officials say doctors at Redington-Fairview General Hospital performed an emergency cesarean section.
Harry Weeks and an 8-year-old girl in the vehicle were hospitalized.
The baby is currently at EMMC in Bangor, and family members have set up a GoFundMe. "Our family is nothing if not strong and united. When something happens to one of us, it happens to us all. With the loss of Desiree, Harry is going to need the time to recover and adjust to a life without his wife," the page description reads.
A benefit dinner for the family has also been arranged:
Sunday, Jan. 28: 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Saint Albans Union Church
15 Main Street
Saint Albans, Maine