A police officer who responded to reports of screams coming from a parked car has helped deliver a baby girl in Melbourne's east.
Senior Sergeant Paul Henry was on his way to Richmond Police Station on Tuesday evening when he was flagged down by a cyclist who had heard screams coming from a Mercedes parked on Wellington Parade.
The officer hurried to the scene to find a woman in the front passenger seat giving birth.
With the baby's head crowning, Snr Sgt Henry and another man who stopped to help rolled up their sleeves and helped coax the baby out.
"The baby started screaming and it was a relief because at least we knew that it was alive," he said.
"I've got two of my own kids but the last time I saw one of them being born was 13 years ago."
Paramedics arrived shortly afterwards and mother and baby were taken to St Vincents Hospital.
Snr Sgt Henry was full of praise for the man who stopped and helped.
"When he saw me arrive he said, `Oh good, it's the police'.
"I told him, "Mate, I'm about as skilled at delivering babies as you are so roll up your sleeves.
"And he did. He was fantastic, he did most of the work and I couldn't have done it without him."
Police say mother and baby, who has been named Matilda, are both doing well.
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