A young Taylor Swift fan has died in a car accident on his way to the pop star’s Friday night concert in Melbourne, Australia.
Mieka Pokarje, 16, her 10-year-old sister Freya, and mother Kim Litchfield traveled 17 hours from the Gold Coast city to attend shows on the 34-year-old singer’s Elas tour. They were on a road trip when their SUV crashed. Thursday’s semi-trailer, according to Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper.
Emergency services responded to reports of a two-vehicle collision near Dubbo, New South Wales, at around 6pm.
The newspaper said the teenager died at the scene and her sister, who suffered brain injuries, a broken leg and pelvic injuries, was taken to Sydney’s Westmead Hospital, where she was put into an induced coma and remains in a critical condition. The situation is said to continue.
A teenage Taylor Swift fan has died in a car accident on her way to a concert in Australia. (Graham Denholm/TAS24/TAS Copyright Management via Getty Images)
The girl’s mother suffered minor injuries and was treated by paramedics before being taken to Dubbo Hospital. The driver of the semi-trailer was also taken to Dubbo Hospital, where she was said to be in a stable condition, The Australian reported.
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Meeka and Freya’s godmother, Carly Fox, told the New York Post that her daughters were excited to see Swift perform and had tickets to her concerts in Melbourne and Sydney. Ta.
Fox has created a GoFundMe page for the family, which has already raised more than $25,000 in donations.
Swift performed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia on February 16, 2024. (Graham Denholm/TAS24/TAS Copyright Management via Getty Images)
“Last night, one of my dearest friends was driving from the Gold Coast to Melbourne with her two children (my precious children) when she was involved in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer. ” she wrote.
Ms Fox continued: “She lost one of her children (16) and the 10-year-old was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition with a life-threatening brain injury, pelvis damage and a broken leg. We are fighting,” he continued.
“My whole family has had to take time off from work to catch the flight and I am trying to arrange a flight to support my mother as she is alone in Dubbo until she can get to Sydney. It will be used to function during this difficult time,” she added.
“We are also looking for accommodation, which is difficult to find in Sydney at the moment because with the influx of Swifty, there is an influx of people who don’t know anything.
Thanks for your cooperation. This was supposed to be the road trip of a lifetime, going to concerts in both Melbourne and Sydney,” Fox concluded.
In a subsequent update, Ms Fox said she had traveled from the Gold Coast to Sydney to support her family. She wrote that Litchfield flew from Dubbo to Sydney and was reunited with Freya in hospital.
Hwang’s sister remains hospitalized in critical condition. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)
“It was very emotional,” she wrote of the reunion. “We play her favorite Taylor Swift album, 1989 Taylor’s Version, on repeat in her room and talk to her about what people are buying online.”
Fox explained that Freya will remain in a medically induced coma for several more days until she recovers.
“While we have had thorough discussions with our wonderful doctors about the likely prognosis, we are not out of the woods yet and the risk of brain swelling and infection remains clear. This remains a life-threatening condition. Possibly,” she wrote.
Fox also thanked hospital staff, the family’s supportive network of friends and donors who donated to GoFundMe.
On Friday night, Swift performed in front of 96,000 fans at a sold-out concert at Melbourne’s Cricket Ground.
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The “Blank Space” hitmaker will perform two additional shows at the same venue on February 17th and February 18th. Next weekend, she is scheduled to perform four consecutive shows at Sydney’s Accor Stadium from February 23 to February 26.
Fatal accident occurs after 3 months Fan dies at Swift concert Rio de Janiero, Brazil is experiencing record heat.
96,000 fans attended Swift’s Melbourne concert. (Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)
Ana Clara Benevidez Machado identified as fan who died during Swift’s November opening Elas tour A concert in a South American country. The 23-year-old passed out at the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium and later died.
Swift shared a handwritten note on social media saying she was “shocked” to learn of Benevidez’s death.
“I can’t believe I’m writing these words, but I’m devastated to say we lost a fan before tonight’s show. Words can’t express how devastated I am by this,” she said. wrote. Instagram at the time. “There’s very little information I have other than the fact that she was incredibly beautiful and too young.”
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The fatal car accident occurred several months after a fan died during the singer’s show in Rio de Janeiro. (Bob Levey/TAS23/TAS Copyright Management via Getty Images)
“I can’t talk about this from the stage because I would be overwhelmed with grief just trying to talk about it. At this time, I feel this loss deeply and I would like to express my deepest condolences to her family and to their grief.” “My friends, when we decided to do this tour in Brazil, we never thought something like this would ever happen,” Swift added.
The next day, Swift’s second concert in Rio de Janeiro was postponed due to “extreme temperatures.”
Swift met with Benevidez’s family. On November 26th, at the “Hellas Tour” in Sao Paulo. The singer-songwriter also performed “Bigger Than the Whole Sky” as a surprise song for Benevidez after her death. The song features lyrics such as “Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye/You were bigger than the whole sky/You were more than just a short time.”
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In December, Rio’s forensic institute listed heatstroke as the cause of Benevidez’s death.
FOX News Digital has reached out to Swift’s representatives for comment.
