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Highway 13 crash traps pregnant woman; mother, baby doing well

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On Friday afternoon, about 5 miles south of Meeker on Highway 13, Andrew Lawrence, 24, of Meeker and his 24-year-old wife, Brittany Walsh, who was driving in slushy and wet roads, drove off Highway 13, rolling to a stop at the bottom of a steep ravine. Lawrence was unhurt, but Walsh was trapped in the SUV and had to be extricated. She was taken to Meeker’s Pioneers Medical Center then airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction. Walsh, in her eighth month of pregnancy, gave birth to Scarlett Rose Lawrence, who weighed 5 pounds and 10 ounces. Mother and daughter are reported to be doing fine and are in good shape. Above, Walsh is loaded into the ambulance at the accident scene by Meeker EMTs.
On Friday afternoon, about 5 miles south of Meeker on Highway 13, Andrew Lawrence, 24, of Meeker and his 24-year-old wife, Brittany Walsh, who was driving in slushy and wet roads, drove off Highway 13, rolling to a stop at the bottom of a steep ravine. Lawrence was unhurt, but Walsh was trapped in the SUV and had to be extricated. She was taken to Meeker’s Pioneers Medical Center then airlifted to St. Mary’s Hospital…

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