An unexpected delivery was made at Worcester's A&E department - a newborn baby.

Staff were shocked to see the bundle of joy after her mother gave birth in the ambulance bay outside A&E in the early hours of October 25. 

Katie Kershaw was rushed to Worcestershire Royal Hospital by her fiancée Chris Minton after her waters broke on the M5 at around 4am. 

But by the time they'd pulled into the ambulance bay outside A&E, their daughter Evie Dawn Minton was already being born.

Mr Minton said: "We were on the motorway from Bromsgrove when my partner's water broke.

"I'd spoken to triage on the phone, and they'd said that once the waters have broken you need to phone for an ambulance.

"We'd just gone past J6 when she said, 'I need to push', so I managed to phone for an ambulance, and they had said that I needed to find somewhere to pull over.

"But I didn't think it was safe to pull over on the M5, we were only two minutes away from coming off the motorway and my partner had said that she couldn't wait so we just decided to try make it.

"We got into the hospital grounds and my partner just said, 'I can't do this anymore'.

"By the time I stopped the car and got out of the driver's seat to get round to my partner she was out.

"Our daughter was literally being pushed out in the front car seats and I just had to grab her head.

"The doctors and nurses said that it was the first time that had ever seen that happen at A&E, someone coming in after just popping a baby out."

Miss Kershaw had been on the waiting list to have her waters broken due to a lack of fluid around the baby, something she'd been frequently visiting the hospital for over the past week.

However, it was only when she was woken up by their two sons in the middle of the night at their home in she realised she was starting to have contractions.

After finding someone to look after their sons and rushing his fiancée to A&E, Mr Minton shouted for help, but the security guard originally only brought back a wheelchair.

"Unfortunately for him I had a bit of a moan because he came out with a wheelchair," he continued.

"But once I'd shouted that my partner had just had a baby two nurses and a doctor rushed to help.

"They came out and were trying to cover the baby to keep her warm.

"A bed was brought for her, and they took her in."

Both mother and daughter are safe and well, and Mr Minton said he was hopeful that they'll both be discharged from hospital today for Evie Dawn's first night at home.

"They're both doing well, my partner's blood pressure is still a bit high but it's getting better," he added.

"I'd like to say a huge thank you to the doctors and nurses that came out to help, they were great.

"It was a bit of a scary experience, but yeah it was pretty incredible."