# Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after alleged car attack

https://mins.news/en/video/109150

- BBC News, 2026-10-21 08:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjODbgW_3QI

> Australian MP Helen Haines has had both legs amputated after being struck by a car in what police describe as a targeted incident outside her electoral office in Wangaratta on Monday. Her husband, Phil, said she is alive and stable. Brendan Nugent, 43, has been charged with dangerous driving causing serious injury, intentionally causing serious injury and causing harm.

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