A 22-year-old Bayonne, New Jersey man is in a coma after a large group of teenagers beat him to within an inch of his life early Sunday morning. Dawid Strucinski, a recent criminal justice graduate from Rutgers University who is described by a friend as "one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life," was walking home from a convenience store around 3 a.m. when he intervened to help a buddy being attacked by the mob. CBS 2 reports that he suffered severe head trauma from the assault, and this surveillance video shows his assailants, who numbered between 13-20, repeatedly punching and kicking him in the head while he's down.
Friends and family tell the Star-Ledger that Strucinski is breathing on his own but remains in a coma at Jersey City Medical Center. Police have arrested three youths in connection with the savage beating: a 16-year-old boy, and two teenage girls, aged 17 and 14. Charges are pending against three other suspects, CBS 2 reports. Alcoholic Beverage Control investigators are also part of the investigation because the teens are believed to have come from a house party where alcohol was served.
On Saturday, Strucinski's friends are holding a fundraiser at the Polish American Home in Bayonne to help cover the family’s medical expenses. Details here.
