Jinwoo Song is severely bruised and battered after the shocking events that unfolded last Thursday, but lucky to be alive.

“The doctor who is in the hospital said ‘it’s a miracle. You’re very lucky, but unlucky’,” he told 9News.

Jinwoo Song was injured when he tried to stop a carjacker in Melbourne's CBD.
Jinwoo Song was badly injured when he tried to stop a carjacker in Melbourne’s CBD. (9News)

The 30-year-old and his partner BiBi Kim had left their Ford Escape running while they were unloading groceries at their new apartment on Hardware Street.

A thief jumped in the driver’s seat, and Song clung to the bonnet trying to stop him, but ended up underneath his own car.

“The tyre was come over my head, and arms, and my chest here. Because I was rolled I thought, I’m gonna be dead, I’m gonna be dead,” he said. 

His girlfriend watched on in horror.

Jinwoo Song was injured when he tried to stop a carjacker in Melbourne's CBD.
He was unpacking his groceries when the thief jumped in, and ended up driving over him in his own car. (9News)

“That moment when he came out from the car is replaying so many times in my mind,” she said. 

Song spent four days in hospital with a broken sternum and grazes over his entire body.

He said two doctors who witnessed what happened helped save his life. After being discharged from hospital, he returned to the scene to thank them.

A major manhunt is underway for a man who stole a car in a Melbourne laneway. The owner was left with serious injuries after he clung onto the bonnet of his car to stop thief from driving off.
Jinwoo Song clung to the bonnet of his car when a thief carjacked it in Melbourne’s CBD last week. (9News)

“He (one of the doctors) said, ‘you are in a very serious situation, but you can do it. Just don’t move and keep talking’,” Song said. 

Five days on from the incident, police are still searching for the man who took off in his car.

The 30-year-old faces a long recovery, but is grateful to have survived.

“I feel like I just got my second life,” he said.

“I’m going to try to live this second life meaningfully.”

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