Australian barber Ricky Jefferies has been hailed as a hero for running out of his store to detain a man who authorities allege deliberately drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines in the small town of Wangaratta, an incident that has shocked the country. Jefferies had just finished haircuts for a young family on Monday when he said he heard a “loud bang” outside his shop and realised the driver of a Toyota LandCruiser had struck Haines, leaving her badly injured. “It was crazy, I just ran...
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Heroic barber recalls tackling car attacker of Australian MP Helen Haines
Australian barber Ricky Jefferies is being hailed as a hero for detaining a man who allegedly deliberately drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines in Wangaratta. The incident occurred on Monday after Jefferies had finished haircuts for a family.
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Australian barber Ricky Jefferies is being hailed as a hero for detaining a man who allegedly deliberately drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines in Wangaratta. The incident occurred on Monday after Jefferies had finished haircuts for a family. He reported hearing a "loud bang" and then saw the driver of a Toyota LandCruiser strike Haines, leaving her badly injured. Jefferies then ran out of his shop to detain the alleged attacker. The event has reportedly shocked the country.
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The incident occurred in the town of Wangaratta.
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Jefferies heard a loud bang and saw the driver of a Toyota LandCruiser strike Haines.
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Lawmaker Helen Haines was left badly injured.
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Barber Ricky Jefferies is being hailed as a hero for detaining a man who allegedly drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines.
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