An 18-year-old is recovering after a violent road rage incident left him with a deep cuts to his face and body in Royal Oak.

The attack, which was captured on surveillance video, happened Dec. 1 near the intersection of 13 Mile and Greenfield roads.

Jalen Brooks, a recent graduate of Birmingham Groves High School, was on his way to the first day of his second job when what started as a traffic incident escalated into violence. Brooks said he got out of his car to try to get insurance information from another driver who had thrown something at his vehicle earlier on the road.

"The only reason I stepped out of the car was I was trying to get his insurance. Because further down the road like before the light, he had thrown something at my car and broke something," Brooks said.

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