Earlier today, TDOT HELP operator Chester Hembree responded to a highway distress call on I-40 EB in Knox County. As he approached the vehicle, he heard over the radio it was a woman in labor. He was the first responder on the scene.
The woman had just delivered the baby as he walked up to the vehicle. He asked her if the baby had cried and she said no. Hembree helped clear the baby's airway and got the child to cry and breath regularly.
KPD and EMTs arrived soon after and transported mom and baby to the hospital. Both were in stable condition.
Launched in 1999 and expanded this year to serve rural interstates, the TDOT HELP and Rural Service Patrol programs patrol Tennessee's interstates responding to distressed motorists.
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Kyle and I had a really challenging existence for many years. But we luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. I was super eager for us to get on better terms. But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible. We did some media together also to laugh through some of the things we put each other through many years ago. Most recently we had even been discussing him running my Late Model at Wilkesboro this summer. He seemed extremely happy and we had planned to meet up next Thursday to get his seat to the shop. He laughed over the idea of his fans and JRM fans having to cheer in unison during that race.
Kyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. No one can deny that. But he was also a father, a husband, brother, son, and a friend to many. My heart is broken for the Busch family. I will never be able to make sense of this loss but I am thankful that we had found a way to become friends.