MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A Southaven man is recovering after a car accident ended with an assault.
The people in the other car left the scene, but later came back to beat and rob the man.
The victim spoke with WREG and said that everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Jeffrey Richardson said h
e was headed to work, but right as he was about to turn in, he got into an accident.
After that, things went from bad to worse.
"When I went to the hospital, they told me I had a broken nose, a broken jaw and I skinned my knee up real bad," Richardson said. "It's starting to get a little better now."
Jeffrey Richardson after his attack.Jeffrey Richardson after his attack.
Bruised and battered, Richardson said it's all still a blur after he was beaten and robbed by two men on Monday.
Right before the assault, Richardson said he and those same two men were involved in a crash off Winchester as Richardson was turning into a beauty supply store.
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He said he was getting paid to clean the parking lot.
"All of a sudden, the other car was right there in front of me, and they hit me and spun me all the way around - 360 degrees, to where my truck was sitting still. Just as if I was turning at the turning lane still," Richardson said.
Aftermath of Winchester accident. (Courtesy of Jeffrey Richardson)
Memphis Police said Richardson hit a black Chrysler 300, but 15-20 minutes after the accident, the driver and his passenger came back.
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"It happened so fast that I didn't know what was going on," Richardson said. "[The] only thing I can do is try and get away from them."
Richardson told WREG that it was after the crash and assault that he was able to get help from workers at a nearby Metro by T-Mobile store.
"Once they attacked me, that's when I went and they had said you need to come in here," Richardson said. "[They] locked the doors so they [the suspects] couldn't get back to me in case they came back."
As the chaos settled, Richardson said that's when he learned that his wallet had been taken.
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Still, he said he was more worried about the pain he'd sustained from the beating.
"I did get a concussion out of the deal because when I called to tell my boss and my sister about it, they said I done called them once and told them," Richardson said.
After he recovers, Richardson said he'll start looking for a new truck.
"They did wrong is all I can say because you don't treat an older man like that," he said.
Police say another vehicle was involved in the accident.
If you have any information about this incident, you are encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH. ...read more read less