Baby Born in Car, Named for College

Western Pa. baby named for nearby college after car birth

An Erie-area couple has named their baby after the college they stopped in front of when the woman gave birth in their car on the way to the hospital.

Nathan and Kathy Brewer, of Harborcreek Township, say they considered naming their son Cam, because he was born in a Toyota Camry, or Otto, a play on the word "auto."  Instead, they settled on Asher Behrend Brewer -- Asher being a biblical name and Behrend for the Behrend College, a satellite campus in the Penn State system also known as Penn State Behrend.

The Brewers were driving to St. Vincent Health Center in Erie when the boy arrived unexpectedly at 12:20 a.m. on Dec. 31.

Nathan told the Erie Times-News that he "didn't do much" to assist his wife who in the front passenger seat when she gave birth to their son, saying, "Basically, I just caught him ."

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