Bystanders aid Florida Highway Patrol trooper attacked on interstate

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The Florida Highway Patrol is sending its thanks to a group of good Samaritans who came to a trooper's aid after he was attacked on an interstate in Tampa on Friday.

Dashcam video of the encounter shows the trooper informing the suspect, 24-year-old Alexander Hernandez Delgado, that he can't walk on the interstate.

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Delgado told the trooper that he's an artist and was walking on the roadway because his mom kicked him out of the house, the trooper wrote in an arrest report.

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The video shows the suspect hitting the trooper in the face before the two go off-camera in the median, where the trooper wrote that Delgado struck him several more times.

After the trooper tackled Delgado, an 18-wheeler and another car pulled over and several bystanders jumped in to help the officer subdue Delgado.

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