Wounded in the car

Why did you drive directly to a hospital?

1) Because John was in the car and he was wounded.

2) Because there was John wounded in the car.

3) Because John was wounded in the car.

Which of the sentences 1-3 would work in the given context if John was wounded before he got in the car?

I think '3' can only mean that he got wounded in the car.

Gratefully,

Navi.