(Shakopee) -  He's being called the 169 baby, born on the highway while on the way to the hospital Halloween afternoon.

Madelia resident Melissa Pietsch never expected to go into labor on Halloween six weeks before her baby was due.  Pietsch says, "I was scared, I thought something was wrong."

She gave birth to Baby Jackson not in a hospital...but in the back of a gold cross ambulance.  Melissa says, "After I had him they're like he's fine, Melissa he's alright, they showed me him and they said this is what we're going to do step by step, just great."

Baby Jackson entered the world weighing just four pounds, thanks to the help of two paramedics who delivered him while on the way to a Minneapolis hospital.  Jackson's father Jesse Martinez is glad the baby is now doing ok, and says he owes it all to the medics and their quick thinking during the critical situation.

Martinez says, "Just a sigh of relief that they knew what they were doing so that you know if something ever should happen, there are people out there that know what they're doing."

Although Melissa and Jesse don't know the names of the two medics who helped deliver baby Jackson, Melissa says one man may have been called Joshua...either way, both parents just want to say thank you.

Pietsch says, "Oh my gosh, I can't thank them enough, if it wasn't for them I don't know what I would have done."  Martinez says, "It could have been a lot worse, it could have went a lot worse, but it worked out."  Both hope to eventually reunite with their two heroes introducing them to their little bundle of joy once again.  Pietsch says, "I want Jackson to know what happened and who they were and how grateful I am."

Martinez says, "They're going to be part of Jackson's life forever."  A life that came with a grand entrance.

- Jennifer Hudspeth, News 12.