Lawmaker reportedly loses leg as car ramming stuns Australia

An Australian lawmaker was in critical but stable condition Tuesday after being hit by a car in what authorities said was a deliberate attack, shocking a nation where political violence is extremely rare.
Helen Haines, a 65-year-old independent member of Parliament, was struck Monday by a white Toyota Land Cruiser outside her electoral district office in Wangaratta, a town of about 30,000 people in the southern Australian state of Victoria. She underwent surgery overnight after being airlifted to a hospital in the state capital of Melbourne, about 150 miles away.
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