It was a miracle covered in sprinkles.

Tony and Jacqlynn Hendrickson of Middlesex Township were heading south on Route 8 in Middlesex Township around 3 p.m. Friday to deliver their third child at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh. At the time, Jacqlynn, whose contractions were about two minutes apart, knew the baby was coming.

“We didn't even make it two minutes down Route 8, and I told my husband he was going to have to call 911 and pull in somewhere because I'm not going to make it,” Jacqlynn said.

The couple's two young daughters were delivered after Jacqlynn was scheduled to receive medicine that induces labor.

“I've never had that full-blown labor experience,” she said.

Coming up on the right was Hammer's Frozen Custard and Subs, which the panicked mother noticed.

“I was screaming at Tony, 'Pull into Hammer's! Pull into Hammer's!'” Jacqlynn said. “He pulled in the back.”

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