<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A pair of cowardly car </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/theft" rel="" target="" title="thieves"><span>thieves</span></a><span> have left an elderly man for dead in south-east </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stanley Parkes survived after the duo ran a red light and smashed a stolen SUV into him at an intersection in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/logan" rel="" target="" title="Logan"><span>Logan</span></a><span>, south of Brisbane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Now, the 79-year-old is asking for the public's help in tracking them down.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/adelaide-teenager-charged-over-alleged-threats-towards-public-school-two-popular-events/10eedeb7-3e20-4e0f-b5d6-5a7e031f797e"><strong><span>SA teen charged over alleged threats to school, Fringe, Gather Round</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If I would've been a bit further out, I would've been dead, dead as anything," Parkes said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The thieves were caught on camera fleeing the scene of the Kingston crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We were actually walking along this street when it happened," witness Dannelle Lamberth tells 9News.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/kingston-crash-elderly-man-left-for-dead-hit-run-stolen-suv-logan-queensland/6af8ef6d-914b-4400-a2c2-edadb61ef87d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The minute we heard the big bang, he would of at least been going at least 80Ks."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Haval SUV collided with the Subaru with Parkes inside just after 5pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Scary it was, I'm not kiddin' ya, it was real bad," he told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I busted me head open."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/single-mum-of-three-battling-cancer-struggling-to-access-superannuation/adb91d69-7bda-4811-92d5-fe1fdd741041"><strong><span>Single mum of three battling cancer struggling to access superannuation</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The senior had just left his home a few streets away to grab some cereal from the local shops when the incident occurred.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He sort of come and veered in on me, ya know? And I couldn't go anywhere from there," Parkes said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I was just stuck and he took the whole front of me car with him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I thought, 'God! No car no more'. It was in good condition, that car of mine too."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair inside the stolen Haval took off across the road and down the street. Tonight, they're still on the run.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They just left an old man, a senior man just helpless and didn't even check to see if he was OK either," witness Kristee Heyden told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kind strangers are rallying behind the 79-year-old, donating their own money to help him buy a new car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A little bit of good news out of a really bad sad story," Heyden said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The victim agrees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can't ask for any nicer people than that," Parkes said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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