12-year-old girl gets egged in eye? going blind?

A 12-year-old Mississauga girl will miss her season-opening hockey game Monday night, and the rest of the season, for that matter, because of a serious eye injury she suffered after being egged.
Olivia Ross-Fichtner walking with her mother and dog Saturday night near their home in the QEW and Hurontario Street area when she was hit in the right eye by an egg thrown from a passing vehicle.

"I haven't heard of an incident (this serious) before," Const. Craig Platt told The Toronto Star. It's going to require a number of months of medical attention. It's deemed to be quite serious."

Doctors intitially said Olivia, a Grade 8 student, may have permanent damage in her eye.

Ross-Fichtner is both furious and upset by the prank police beleive was the work of several young men. "This is one of the most cowardly things that anyone can do -- to throw an egg at a child walking down the street," she said.

Peel Region police have launched a criminal investigation. Investigators think the culprits are behind a second egging that took place about 15 minutes later in the Lakeshore Road West and Clarkson Road area. Article here.