The birthday girl who was stretchered off her own party boat after being pushed down the stairs in a wild drunken brawl has been named.
Lana Marie Battaglia was celebrating her 21st birthday in Sydney’s popular Darling Harbour on Saturday night when police were forced to board the boat to break up a fight in which her friends were ‘punched in the face’.
In the chaos, Ms Battaglia got pushed down a set of stairs and had to be taken to hospital with hip injuries.
On Sunday family friend Rose Carambano, 57, said Ms Battaglia was still ‘in a lot of pain’ after the punch up at the party attended by 50 people.
The birthday girl who was stretchered off her own party boat after being pushed down the stairs in a wild drunken brawl has been named as Lana Marie Battaglia (pictured)
Lana Marie Battaglia (left and right) was celebrating her 21st birthday in Sydney’s popular Darling Harbour on Saturday night when police were forced to board the boat to break up a fight in which her friends were ‘punched in the face’
This is the moment the birthday girl was stretched off the boat with hip injuries
The party turned into a chaos when police were forced to break up the fight between a large group of revellers on the boat
‘It was terrible. When I heard last night, I thought “she’s never going to forget this birthday”. It was just awful,’ Ms Carambano told the Daily Telegraph.
She said a group of boys who had been drinking ‘ruined the night for everyone.’
The fight broke out at about 11pm after a woman jumped from the wharf into the water.
The boat had returned to the wharf to remove an intoxicated person on board and police were alerted that a woman was overboard.
She was rescued by emergency service workers and then taken to hospital for assessment.
Six people including four women and a two men were arrested and taken to the Day Street Police Station in the CBD after the brawl erupted.
The brawl erupted during a 21st birthday party on a boat in Sydney’s popular Darling Harbour
Police were seen pinning a man to the ground in the ugly brawl at Sydney’s Darling Harbour
A 25-year-old woman was charged with assaulting police and resisting arrest, while another 25-year-old was charged with hindering police.
A 23-year-old woman, 24-year-old man and 26-year-old man were charged with affray and a 23-year-old woman was charged with assault.
The revellers had been cruising on the Constellation Party boat since 5.30pm.
A Constellation Cruises spokeswoman called the fight ‘absolutely disgusting’.
‘Two girls were not feeling the best and so they got off the boat with their friends … one of them didn’t want to get off and her partner was telling her she had to,’ she said.
‘Because she was screaming she didn’t want to get off … it looked like she was chucking a tantrum. We were trying to leave and a big brawl happened and there were people everywhere.’
‘It’s the first time we’ve ever been involved with anything like this so it’s really upsetting,’ she said.
A man directs four police officers on the wharf (pictured) to the scene of the cruise ship brawl
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