00:02There's still a very big police presence here in Wangaratta this evening.
00:07As you can see behind me, police remain at the front of Helen Haynes' electorate office
00:13where this incident unfolded just after 3.30 this afternoon.
00:18Now what we do know is that Ms Haynes received critical injuries in this incident involving
00:24two cars and was taken by road ambulance to the Wangaratta hospital.
00:28We heard from police a little earlier this evening and they say that a 43-year-old man
00:34from Tarawindji, which is about 12 kilometres from where we are here in Wangaratta,
00:40has been arrested in relation to this incident.
00:43He's currently at the Wangaratta police station.
00:47We've still got a lot to work through here.
00:49As you can imagine, it's been quite dynamic this afternoon.
00:52We've got quite an extensive crime scene.
00:55We have investigators present and they'll continue to work through and try and collect
01:00all available evidence to ascertain exactly what has occurred and how it has occurred.
01:06We have heard from the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, who has described Helen Haynes as
01:11being well respected and loved in her community.
01:14And that has certainly been evident here on the ground this evening.
01:18We've seen many community members coming down and they've expressed their shock at what has unfolded.
01:25In the last little while, we saw one man bringing a bouquet of flowers.
01:29He asked police if he could place it at her electorate office, but was told that this cordoned
01:35off area is still in place and the police did take those flowers.
01:39Police did say that they expect this police presence to remain for most of the night while this
01:46investigation takes place and they investigate exactly what has unfolded.
01:51We've also heard from Ms Haynes' family.
01:54They released a statement and in that statement, they said that their beloved Helen was involved
02:00in an incident outside her electorate office in Wangaratta and is receiving medical care.
02:06Now, they have thanked the bystanders who helped Ms Haynes.
02:11They've also thanked the dedicated healthcare workers and the police for their swift response.
02:18Now, we haven't had an update on Ms Haynes' condition, but we do know that she did receive
02:23critical injuries in this incident.
