She was talking to a friend at the party when she was suddenly hit just below her right eye.<\/p>\n
Holmes does not recall being in immediate pain, but began to freak out when she saw the blood.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis shouldn\u2019t be happening at an Electric Ave [pre-party]. I shouldn\u2019t be belted in the face with a bottle, because this is supposed to be fun and, instead, I am having to be worried about my wellbeing,\u201d Holmes said.<\/p>\n
She has suffered migraines and vision impairment and is concerned she may also have sustained her second concussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf this is another concussion, or if this is going to affect my studies, then it\u2019s just like these boys [throwing bottles] just don\u2019t see that they\u2019re harming innocent people.\u201d<\/p>\n
She has received several questions in public about her injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t really want to go to uni, and actually I was being approached by people asking about my eye at the supermarket, even The Warehouse. It made me feel really uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n
She has a general description of one of the bottle throwers and has attempted to contact members of the other flat herself, but was denied information about their identity.<\/p>\n
The lack of justice has been frustrating, the students say.<\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely am still angry. I feel like all of them got off scot-free because we never found out who it was and none of them were affected, whereas like me and the others who were struck, it was quite scary, like if I lost my vision, it would\u2019ve been really s***.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michaela Deegan, a 20-year-old ARA Institute of Canterbury student, who was at the neighbouring student flat party, was attempting to get out of harm\u2019s way when she was struck on the top of her head.<\/p>\n
The severe bleeding of her wound left her unrecognisable to her friends.<\/p>\n
ARA Institute of Canterbury student Michaela Deegan\u2019s head wound the following day, cleaned and medically glued, after being hit by the neck of a glass bottle. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n
Deegan said many were unaware that those on both sides of the fence were throwing bottles and being injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth sides of the fence thought they were getting the worst of it,\u201d Deegan said.<\/p>\n
She has previously been concussed and said that since the injury, she has experienced similar symptoms.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first time back at the gym after it happening, I was vomiting in the bathroom,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Holmes and Deegan were both grateful their injuries were not more severe. <\/p>\n
\u201cThank God it\u2019s not worse … people die from brain injuries, and it\u2019s just irresponsible for people to be throwing s*** that does not need to be thrown … that kind of behaviour is so preventable,\u201d Deegan said. <\/p>\n
Police were informed at the time of the incident, the students say, but both Holmes and Deegan had left before officers arrived. <\/p>\n
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