Helen Haines has lost both legs after alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind are in good shape’, husband says
Haines, the federal MP for Indi, had been in a critical but stable condition after she was struck by a car in Wangaratta on Monday afternoon.
The Guardian reports: Haines, the federal MP for Indi, had been in a critical but stable condition after she was struck by a car in Wangaratta on Monday afternoon.
Surgeons were trying to save her right leg on Tuesday, but both legs had to be amputated…
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