Florida man stops his car to help a crashed vehicle. But his act of compassion leaves him at death’s door

They say no good deed goes unpunished, and Hans Hamilton might be the perfect example of why that’s the case.

Driving north on the 429 Expressway near Walt Disney World on Monday morning, Florida man Hans Hamilton (per The Sun) spotted a white Lexus that had plowed into a guardrail. A man was lying motionless in the grass outside the wrecked car.

Now, Hamilton’s first instinct, as any decent human being’s would be, was to rush to the man and check on him. He put the car in park and opened the door, and that was when it happened.

Hamilton rushing toward him was all the invitation Daniel Coman, 44, apparently needed. He sprang to his feet, sprinted toward Hamilton’s Tesla and launched himself onto the hood. He kicked in the windshield and then turned his attention to Hamilton himself.

According to the footage captured by Hamilton’s own Tesla, Coman rained down punches and blows to Hamilton’s head, face, neck, and back. “I’m going to kill you! I’m going to kill you!” He heard Coman scream, per what he later told News 6.

Hamilton eventually broke free by striking Coman in the throat. But here’s where it gets even wilder. An Orange County Sheriff’s deputy arrived on the scene, and when he tried to put Coman under arrest, he approached in “aggressive fighting manner” and attempted to attack the deputy. Hamilton and another present bystander helped the deputy restrain him.

Apparently, the strikes were severe enough that Hamilton was treated for a brain bleed, a concussion, four broken ribs, and multiple contusions. His Tesla also sustained significant damage.

Hamilton’s family, by his own account, live paycheck to paycheck, so he’s since launched a GoFundMe page to cover his costs.

That wasn’t Coman’s first stop that morning

Coman was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting an officer with violence, assault on a law enforcement officer, battery, and criminal mischief. But perhaps alarmingly, that wasn’t Coman’s opening act.

According to his affidavit, Coman had been involved in a separate hit-and-run crash two miles south on the same expressway before Hamilton. He was also flagged as a suspect in a “similar criminal mischief incident” that occurred earlier that same morning.

No motive has been disclosed by authorities, but it’s safe to say he might not have been operating with a full deck.

Hamilton’s message to the public has been notably un-bitter. “Don’t let my story scare you,” he told News 6. “Let it make you be cautious. But please, if we don’t stick together and help each other, we’re in trouble. Be cautious. But still remember kindness still needs to exist.”

Now that’s both gracious and remarkable, especially for a man who very nearly got himself killed trying to help a fellow citizen in