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Woman gives birth to baby girl at Swiss Motel in Riverhead

Riverhead police said a woman gave birth at the Swiss Motel in Calverton Monday.
Riverhead police said a woman gave birth at the Swiss Hotel in Riverhead Monday.

A woman gave birth to what appeared to be a healthy baby girl at the Swiss Motel in Riverhead late Monday afternoon, police said.

Police received word a woman had given birth in one of the rooms at the hotel about 4:30 p.m.

“We got there, and she had done it all by herself,” said an officer at the scene.

Both mom and baby “appeared to be in reasonably good shape,” he said, however added he could not comment further on their condition.

The woman and newborn were transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center by Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Volunteers.

Additional information was not immediately available.