CROWN POINT, Ind. (WLS) -- A mother and father are speaking out just days after they had to deliver their daughter on the side of the road in Northwest Indiana.

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Mercedes Wells said she and her husband arrived at Franciscan Health Crown Point Hospital excited to welcome their fourth child.

However, after six hours of active labor, she claims she was never seen by a doctor.

Wells said she was escorted out of the hospital even though her contractions were one minute apart.

"I was in excruciating pain, [ the nurse ] seen me in pain and agony and I guess she still perceived me to not be in labor," Wells said. "Upon returning to the room she's like 'Well, if you aren't further along in your centimeters then, you know, we gotta se

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