Home Australia A woman is forced to give birth on the side of the road after Extinction Rebellion activists blocked three lanes on the Westgate Bridge, while the protester is sent to jail.

A woman is forced to give birth on the side of the road after Extinction Rebellion activists blocked three lanes on the Westgate Bridge, while the protester is sent to jail.

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Roshni Lad was forced to give birth on the road after getting stuck in the traffic jam caused by Extinction Rebellion which prevented her from being taken to hospital.

A mother was forced to give birth to her baby on the road with the help of a secondary school teacher after Extinction Rebellion activists blocked an arterial road.

Roshni Lad was being taken to hospital while suffering labor pains shortly after 9.30am when she, her husband Bhairav ​​and a family friend became stuck in a traffic jam.

Climate change protesters had parked a rented truck across three lanes of Melbourne’s Westgate Bridge, shutting down the city on Tuesday morning. Later that day, one of the protesters was jailed after a late court hearing.

The couple from the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit and their family friend who was driving were forced to pull over to the side of the road and wait for an ambulance due to traffic chaos.

Roshni Lad was forced to give birth on the road after getting stuck in the traffic jam caused by Extinction Rebellion which prevented her from being taken to hospital.

Roshni Lad was forced to give birth on the road after getting stuck in the traffic jam caused by Extinction Rebellion which prevented her from being taken to hospital.

Mr Lad’s desperate roadside gesture was spotted by high school teachers Kate Lonsdale and Fiona Trapani who were heading to a sporting event with students from St Columba’s College in Melbourne’s northwest.

The couple demanded that the bus let them off and quickly went to help the distraught parents-to-be.

By calling triple-0 for instructions, Ms Lonsdale was able to help deliver the baby.

“I was following the lady’s instructions and I think on the third contraction the baby came out,” she told the newspaper. Herald of the sun.

‘I didn’t really know what I was doing.

“I just had visions of me being in labor, and all you want is for people to tell you that you’re okay.

“The baby was fine, so I stayed calm and assured the mother that the baby was fine.”

The healthy baby was wrapped in a towel to keep him warm as he waited for an ambulance, which arrived about 20 minutes later to take the family to St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne’s inner east.

Mrs Lad and her husband Bhairav ​​received much welcome help from a school teacher in giving birth to their child.

Mrs Lad and her husband Bhairav ​​received much welcome help from a school teacher in giving birth to their child.

Mrs Lad and her husband Bhairav ​​received much welcome help from a school teacher in giving birth to their child.

Although he was the couple’s second child, Lad said he was very grateful for Lonsdale’s help.

“She came in like an angel,” he said.

‘She took care of my newborn baby and my wife. She took control of the delivery and followed all the instructions from the emergency room very well.

“We are very grateful for your presence there.”

Meanwhile, a well-known climate activist has been jailed for the stunt in which a hired truck was parked across three lanes of the Westgate Highway from 7.30am snarling incoming city traffic.

Deanna Coco, also known as Violet Coco, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday night after police earlier arrested three protesters using a tow truck on the motorway.

Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion parked a rented truck across three lanes of the Westgate Bridge leading into Melbourne.

Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion parked a rented truck across three lanes of the Westgate Bridge leading into Melbourne.

Climate change activists Extinction Rebellion parked a rented truck across three lanes of the Westgate Bridge leading into Melbourne.

The 33-year-old serial protester pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing police.

A Victoria Police sergeant told the court the trio disrupted rush hour traffic by parking the truck and getting into it. above to join together with metal pipes, light flares and livestream climate action messages.

The court was told the incident prompted an “extensive” police response due to the danger it posed.

The trio allegedly refused a legal order to move forward.

“Victoria Police will always support legal protests, but not illegal ones – that’s what it was,” said Sgt.

“This had a maximum impact on the public.”

The trio were removed more than two hours later, with prosecutors arguing that the incident caused “massive and catastrophic inconvenience and delay to thousands of members of the public.”

Coco told the court the climate crisis had forced her to act but apologized for its impact on motorists.

“I have spent the last five years participating in protests… this has taken a great personal toll on me,” he said.

‘What is coming is so dangerous that we must sound the alarm. If we couldn’t make the change, I want to know that I’ve done everything I can.’

Two others, retiree Joseph Zammit, 68, and truck driver Bradley Homewood, 51, appeared in court Tuesday night on identical charges.

Homewood pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and obstruction of police and said that while it regretted the impact, it considered it an “appropriate” response to the climate crisis.

The protest caused major traffic delays and police were forced to use a crane to arrest the activists who were on top of the truck.

The protest caused major traffic delays and police were forced to use a crane to arrest the activists who were on top of the truck.

The protest caused major traffic delays and police were forced to use a crane to arrest the activists who were on top of the truck.

“I understand that the interruption is decisive, but I am in a state of despair and feel that I have nothing left,” he told the court.

“We are on the trajectory towards the collapse of civilization… all protest movements are vilified at the time but vindicated by history.”

Both Coco and Homewood were jailed for 21 days by Magistrate Andrew McKenna, who said the conduct must be reported.

“It was not justified in any sense,” he said. “He is sentenced to 21 days: a light, modest and almost inadequate sentence in light of the damage caused this morning.

“It appears to be a blind search for a cause regardless of the harm caused to others.”

Zammit initially told the court he wanted to plead guilty and be sentenced, but later disagreed with prosecutors, claiming he caused catastrophic inconvenience and affected emergency services by traveling west of Melbourne.

“We didn’t block all the lanes, it was only when the police arrived that they blocked the other two lanes,” he said.

‘They blocked the entire entrance to the network; There is a real contradiction here. Were they really worried about emergency incidents or not?

‘Our message is about the climate crisis… what you suffer today is nothing compared to what is to come.’

Deanna Coco livestreamed part of the protest as members of Extinction Rebellion blocked the Westgate Bridge

Deanna Coco livestreamed part of the protest as members of Extinction Rebellion blocked the Westgate Bridge

Deanna Coco livestreamed part of the protest as members of Extinction Rebellion blocked the Westgate Bridge

He was granted bail on the condition that he not associate with his co-accused or engage in any illegal protest activity.

Search and Rescue officers used a crane to make the arrests and safely lower the trio around 9.45am.

Coco was jailed for 15 months in New South Wales in 2022 under controversial anti-protest laws after driving a truck onto the Sydney Harbor Bridge in April.

The jail sentence was overturned the following year by Judge Mark Williams after New South Wales police retracted a claim that protesters had blocked an ambulance.

Those charges included possession of a bright light signal in a public place and refusing or failing to comply with instructions.

Meanwhile, Coco was sentenced again on several charges related to the incident and He was given a 12-month probation order.

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