A young woman was left concussed after a reckless yob hurled a full can of drink at her head from a passing car.

Aria Miller, 22, from Faversham, has suffered crippling headaches and memory issues since the fizzy drink struck her temple as she stood at a bus stop - leaving her needing a brain scan in hospital.

She had been in Love Lane waiting to catch a bus to work in Canterbury, when the incident happened shortly after 9am last Wednesday.

“I was on the phone to bus company Stagecoach, and I half turned around to sit down at the bus stop, when I felt a blow to the head,” Aria recalled.

“It was quite a force. It caused my phone to drop on the concrete and the drink to go all over me.”

Shocked, she turned to see the road empty except for a car driving past, but was too shaken to take down a number plate.

“The can of fizzy drink was on the floor,” she said. “It was open but still really full.

"I felt I was going to pass out or throw up from the pain..."

“I was in shock. I burst into tears. I started breathing heavily - it turned into a bit of a panic attack,” added Aria, who suffers from anxiety.

“I kind of just sat there shaking.

“I felt a little bit sick, but thought that’s the shock.”

But over the next couple of days, Aria began suffering excruciating headaches and feeling increasingly nauseated.

“I felt like I was going to throw up,” she said.

“I was shaky, had pain all up my neck and my memory was a bit off, and I’ve been having slow responses to things.

“I was feeling so off that I felt I was going to pass out or throw up from the pain.”

Aria rang NHS 111 on Friday, and was advised to visit an urgent care centre or A&E immediately.

At the QEQM Hospital in Margate, medics ran tests including a CT scan to check her cognitive function.

The scan came back clear, but Aria was found to be concussed and was kept in hospital overnight.

Speaking this week, she said: “I’m getting there now, but I’m still having pains in my head, still having problems with my memory and not getting my words out properly.

“It’s not a nice experience.”

She says she is “angered” by what happened.

“I’d be able to understand it a little bit more if it was someone I knew and they didn’t like me,” she explained.

“But it was just so random. They threw the can with such precise accuracy at the side of my head.

“It could have killed me.

“Ideally I’d like to find the person or people that did this,” she added. “I just want the person to see what happened.”

Aria says that while the incident left her saddened, her “faith humanity has been restored” by an outpouring of support she has received from other Faversham residents, since posting about what happened on social media.

Police are investigating the incident.

A spokesman said: “Inquiries are underway into the incident and officers are appealing for witnesses."

Anyone with information, should call the appeal line on 01622 604100, quoting reference 21-0750.