Barber refuses to be called hero after rushing to help Australia MP Helen Haines who was mowed down by car

Barber refuses to be called hero after rushing to help Australia MP Helen Haines who was mowed down by car Ricky Jefferies raced over to help MP Helen Haines after she was allegedly twice rammed by a driver - she remains in hospital and was said to be in a critical condition and has lost one leg in A barber has refused to be called a hero after he rushed out of his own shop to help Australian MP Helen Haines after she was allegedly deliberately mowed down by a car. The independent MP for the Victoria division of Indi, was reportedly twice struck outside her electorate office by a driver in a Toyota LandCruiser on Monday. She remains in a critical condition and has lost a leg after being airlifted to Alfred hospital in Melbourne - surgeons are understood to be working to save her other leg. Amid the chaos, barber Ricky Jefferies said he had "no choice" other than to rush over to help Haines. "I don't want to be known as a hero," he repeatedly told reporters that surrounded him today. To see more of the stories you love from The Mirror and to find them easily in Google then make us your preferred source. Free and easy-to-do, just click on the link here to find more from The Mirror at the top of your feed. Ricky said he had just finished cutting a clients' hair when the car struck Haines at about 4pm. After hearing a loud crash, he ran out to help. "A lot of people got involved immediately, and they didn't even check the danger," he said, reports The Guardian. "They just ran to help. The driver was still in the car, the car was still on, and...on man sat in front of the moving car. I had no choice but to take him out of the car because it was the right and safest thing to do." Witnesses said they saw a driver perform a U-turn before striking Haines and then reversing and hitting her a second time. Ricky said he held the driver down after getting him out of the vehicle. The barber said he told him he couldn't leave but then told the man he would be alright, in an attempt to calm him down. The suspect also allegedly had a knife on him at the time. "He did have a knife," Ricky claimed. "He didn't pull it out. Basically just...took it out of his pocket and threw it away." Ricky has since returned to work cutting hair as of 7am today (local time) and said he did not think about the risk, only that his wife might be upset should he get injured. He added: "I just thought my wife will be disappointed if I'm injured. "My family is everything, and my community is second to that. I was just trying to not get injured and not let anyone else be injured after the initial incident." A man has been arrested in connection with the ramming attack. Following the attack, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters the attack appeared to have been "deliberate". He added: "She is fiercely intelligent but most importantly she is just a thoroughly decent human being full of integrity and respected right across the Parliament and from everyone who comes into contact with her."