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‘There’s a screw sticking out of your face’
A teen has been arrested after a girl was hospitalised following a random attack at Cessnock yesterday. Picture: Facebook
A teenage girl has undergone surgery after she was allegedly attacked with a makeshift blow dart in the NSW Hunter region.
Candi Hawtin, 15, was walking with friends along Wollombi Road in Cessnock on Saturday night when a vehicle stopped and a youth allegedly discharged an object.
"I just thought someone had flicked me with a branch in the side of the face," Candi told 9News.
"I was like 'what is it?' and my friend Jayde said 'there's a screw sticking out of your face' and I just started freaking out."
Police will allege she was struck in the face with a makeshift blow dart.
A 17-year-old male has been arrested and remains in custody.
