The independent lawmaker, 65, was getting things from the trunk of her car when she was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser on Monday afternoon. Police on Tuesday charged a driver with intentionally causing serious injury to Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines, who is in a critical condition after being struck by a car outside her office in an incident that has shocked the nation. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The independent lawmaker, 65, was getting things from the trunk of her car when she was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser on Monday afternoon.S1

• Police on Tuesday charged a driver with intentionally causing serious injury to Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines, who is in a critical condition after being struck by a car outside her office in an incident that has shocked the nation. Haines had her l...S2