'My wife gave birth in a Land Rover'

Baby Amelia was born in a Land Rover on a main road in Somerset

A woman gave birth to her daughter while her husband was driving their family Land Rover on a busy main road in Somerset.

Cat Bennett and her husband Duncan Bennett were making their way to Musgrove Park Hospital, after her waters broke at home.

The couple left their house in Burnham-on-Sea at about 08:35 BST on 2 August.

But due to a fast labour, they did not make it to hospital in time and Mrs Bennett gave birth to baby Amelia in the car on the edge of Odbridge roundabout in Taunton.

Mr Bennett said: "She pulled out a baby, just right there and then as I was driving along."

Mrs Bennett gave birth to Amelia without any help

As they were driving along the A358, Mr Bennett said his wife's contractions became "worse and worse".

"I thought I would have one [contraction] per junction," said Mrs Bennett, jokingly.

"I thought four or five minutes per junction, I can do that," she added.

As her contractions grew closer, Mr Bennett wondered if he would have to deliver the baby himself.

But as they approached the Odbridge roundabout, Amelia was born.

"She put pulled out a baby, just right there and then as I was driving along," he said.

After delivering her own baby, Mrs Bennett said: "I just thought thank God the contractions had stopped."

Mrs Bennett is back at home with her two-year-old son and newborn baby

The couple said that staff rushed to their aid when they finally arrived at the hospital.

"I approached the hospital, stopped right in front of the door, rang the buzzer and said: "My wife's just given birth in the Land Rover," said Mr Bennett.

"And she said, 'sorry can you repeat that again?'

"And then four or five people came running out with towels and blankets and a wheelchair."

Mrs Bennett is recovering well and is back home with their first-born son, Edward, who is two.

While the couple are "massively happy" with their new arrival, they said they did not plan for her to arrive the way she did.

Mr Bennett said: "We started the journey with two of us in the car and 20 minutes later there was three of us in the car and we hadn't stopped anywhere."