EDGEWATER, Colo. -- Edgewater police are asking for the public's help to find three men who beat a 59-year-old driver with an ax handle during an apparent road rage attack Wednesday morning.

The victim was transported to St Anthony Central Medical Center suffering from a broken hand, forearm, rib and a pulmonary contusion, or blunt trauma to the chest. His condition and identity have not been released.

Here's what police say happened:

At about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, the victim was backing his pickup truck out of his driveway in the 2500 block of Depew when he had to navigate his way around a black sport utility vehicle that was sitting in the middle of the road. The victim said the SUV was occupied by three men, all possibly Caucasian or Latin American.

The victim said that once he was in the road, the men in the SUV started yelling profanities and giving him hand gestures. The victim returned the gestures and yelled profanities back at the men in the SUV. The victim drove north on Depew, stopping at a stop sign at 26th and Depew, when he saw that the SUV had followed him and all the men had gotten out of the vehicle.

The victim said that one of the men shouted, "Come on!" so the victim armed himself with a wooden ax handle that he kept behind his seat, and confronted the three males.

One of the individuals took the ax handle from the victim and began beating him, as he fell on the ground, the victim said.

The other two men went to the victim's vehicle and removed some personal items, and while the victim was on the ground, also took his wallet from his back pants pocket, the victim said. The men fled in an unknown direction.

The victim couldn't provide a more detailed description of the vehicle or the suspects, police said.

If anyone witnessed this incident they are encouraged to call the Edgewater Police Department at (303) 278-2000.