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NYPD helps Bronx commuter deliver baby

File photo of NYPD vehicle.

Photo credit: Newsday | File photo of NYPD vehicle.

Three transit cops helped a pregnant Bronx woman deliver a boy Thursday morning near the Yankee Stadium stop of the No. 4 train.

Tamika Snipes, 21, was on her way to a doctor's appointment about 10 a.m. when her water broke, police said.

Lt. Sylvia Mendoza and Officers Yaneli Garcia and Norma Vargas Benitez helped Snipes deliver Maxwell at 10:25 a.m. on her due date in the Transit District...

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