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Independent MP Helen Haines struck by vehicle
Victorian MP Helen Haines has been critically injured after being struck twice by a Toyota LandCruiser outside her Wangaratta office. She has lost one of her legs.
In brief
Victorian MP Helen Haines has been critically injured after being struck twice by a Toyota LandCruiser outside her Wangaratta office. She has lost one of her legs. Independent MP Helen Haines was struck twice by a vehicle outside her Wangaratta office and critically injured, losing one of her legs in what the Prime…
MP struck outside her office
Independent MP Helen Haines was struck by a Toyota LandCruiser on Murphy Street outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria, at about three thirty pm yesterday while retrieving items from her vehicle boot.
Driver rammed her twice
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the driver allegedly rammed her twice. Witnesses described the driver doing a U-turn to get into the car park and ram Helen against her vehicle, then reverse and do…
“What witnesses have described is the driver doing a U-turn to get into the car park and to ram Helen against her vehicle, then to reverse and do it a second time.”
Haines critically injured, lost a leg
Ms Haines suffered critical injuries and has lost one of her legs.She was flown to Melbourne to undergo emergency surgery for severe injuries to her lower body and remained in critical condition early this morning.
Driver taken into custody
The driver was stopped by a member of the public and soon after taken into custody, police said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the incident as a deliberate act.
The bottom line
Independent MP Helen Haines was struck twice by a vehicle outside her Wangaratta office and critically injured, losing one of her legs in what the Prime Minister described as a deliberate act.
