Independent MP Helen Haines is in a critical condition in hospital after being struck by a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has claimed: “This wasn’t an accident. There was a deliberate act, it would appear.”
HELEN HAINES IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Independent MP Helen Haines is in a critical condition in a Melbourne hospital after she was struck by a car outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, northern Victoria.
Victoria Police said in a statement that a white Toyota Landcruiser was believed to have struck the 65-year-old on Murphy Street around 3:30pm on Monday.
“When he exited the Toyota the driver, a 43-year-old Tarrawingee man, was arrested at the scene by a passerby,” police said.