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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 car Brendan Nugent’s family say Helen Haines has been their friend for more than 20 years ‘I don’t want to be known as a hero’: barber who rushed to help Helen Haines…

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