<div>MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Beaten and robbed at gunpoint.That is what an 84-year-old Mississippi minister said happened to him after getting lost passing through Memphis.“I begged, 'Help me, help me!' But no one stopped,” Willie Hamblen said.For Hamblen, it was supposed to be a smooth car ride home from Memphis International Airport to Houston, Miss., two weeks ago.After leaving the airport, the 84-year-old man accidently took the wrong exit on Interstate 240 and ended up in a South Memphis neighborhood. Hamblen said he wears hearing aids and has bad vision, making it harder for him to navigate in the dark.“I might have missed the words at the next intersection, but what I heard was the GPS said turn right,” said Hamblen.That wrong turn led to Hamblen’s car getting stuck on the railroad tracks on Pendleton Street and Frisco Avenue. Hamblen said as he was waiting for a tow truck, a man came toward him and started speaking with him but left.He said the man returned not to help but with another man in a dark sedan and an AK-47 rifle.“That’s when they hit me with the gun," Hamblen said. "They knocked me down on the tracks. I hit the tracks or rocks or something."Broken ribs, concussion and abrasions are among the injuries Hamblen said he suffered from the attack.Hamblen said the thieves stole $1,000, his iPhone and car keys.“The thought came across me that this is where I die,” Hamblen said.After lying on the railroad tracks calling for help, he said eventually three cars stopped to render aid.His wife Betty said she became worried after not hearing from him for hours."He was lucid and able to describe things to us," said Betty Hamblen, Willie's wife. "I was a little more calmer when I knew that."The minister is grateful to be alive and expected to make a full recovery.Police are searching for the suspects in the dark sedan.If you have information related to this incident, reach out to CrimeStoppers at 901-528-CASH.</div>

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84-year-old minister beaten, robbed after getting lost in South Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Beaten and robbed at gunpoint. That is what an 84-year-old Mississippi minister said happened to him after getting lost passing through Memphis. “I begged, 'Help me, help me!' But no one stopped,” Willie Hamblen said. For Hamblen, it was supposed to be a smooth car ride...