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stop. [ muted ]. oh [ muted ]. he s beating her up. my gosh, why? just blow after blow caught on camera. now the california trooper you see here is off the street, on administrative leave, while his actions are under investigation. cnn s sarah sidener has the story. video from a california freeway shot by a driver stunned by what he was seeing unfold. a woman being punched over and over and over again by a california highway patrolman. you see it, you heard it, you re like, thump, thump, thump! then you hear her head bouncing bam, bam, on the concrete. how many times did he hit her? i seen 11 on the video. he took more shots than that. i think around 15 shots. to her head. and then punching? punching. this is not just jabs. these are hooks. lights-out punches. those aren t taps.
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. so we showed a bit of the video a few moments ago, and the question is, what is going on here? that california highway patrol officer we showed a moment ago is on administrative leave this morning. if you didn t see the video a driver recorded him punching a woman in the face over and over again. the woman was taken to the hospital and the incident under investigation. sara sidner is looking into the case for us. sara. reporter: victor and alison, the witness says he was in very heavy traffic, basically at a standstill when all of this happened right in front of him. video from a california freeway shot by a driver stunned by what he was seeing unfold. a woman being punched over and over and over again by a california highway patrolman. you see it, heard it, it was like, thump, thump, thump, and then you see her head bouncing, bam, bam, on the concrete. reporter: how many times did he hit her? i seen 11 on the video.
but we have to tell you, it s shocking. you can see a woman, she s being punched in the face over and over again. by a california highway patrol officer. he s now on administrative duty. there is an investigation under way now. cnn s sara sidner is in los angeles with details. the witness said that he was in very heavy traffic. basically at a standstill when all this happened right in front of him. video from a california freeway shot by a driver stunned by what he was seeing unfold. a woman being punched over and over and over again by a california highway patrolman. you see it, you heard it. it was like thump, thump, thump and then you hear her head bouncing bam, bam, on the concrete. how many times did he hit her? i ve seen 11 on the video, he took more shots than that i think it was around 15 shots to her head. and then punching.