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Lawmaker reportedly loses leg as car ramming stuns Australia
20 Oct 2026, 10:00 UTC · 3 independent sources
🚨 AUSTRALIAN LAWMAKER IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION AFTER CAR ATTACK
Authorities said the car attack was deliberate.
Helen Haines, who entered parliament in 2019, was struck by a two-tonne SUV in Wangaratta on Monday afternoon.
Source: NBC News, France 24 #Australia #carramming #lawmaker
Sources
- NBC News
Lawmaker reportedly loses leg as car ramming stuns Australia
- France 24
Horror and disbelief after lawmaker attacked in rural Australia
- Times of Israel
Australian politician loses leg in ramming; family friend charged in counterterror probe
