From the blackness beyond the stalled car, a figure took shape.

Far ahead was the first working emergency light Julie had seen since they left the stalled cars behind.

The radio said the police had been notified about the stalled car.

The third man, the one in the stalled car, joined us.

He was helpful, too, when it came to starting stalled cars.

But the subject of the main clause is "the stalled car".

As they walked away, five others joined them from amid the stalled cars.

A moment later they had come to a halt, a few feet from the stalled car.

Every so often, they hollered up or down to the stalled car.

Now, he was going to walk five blocks to fetch his stalled car.