Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta
Independent MP is in critical yet stable condition after man allegedly did U-turn to strike her twice with his carBrendan Nugent’s family say Helen Haines has been their friend for more than 20 years‘I don’t want to be known as…
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Independent MP is in critical yet stable condition after man allegedly did U-turn to strike her twice with his car
The man accused of attacking Helen Haines allegedly made a U-turn before ramming the independent MP twice in an alleged targeted attack near her electorate office, causing her to lose one of her legs.
The member for Indi was airlifted from Wangaratta in northern Victoria to Melbourne’s Alfred hospital for emergency surgery on Monday night.
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