“The journey of his life” turned into a tragedy.
A 16-year-old girl who was on her way to a Taylor Swift concert in Australia has died in a car accident.
Mieka Pokarier was on an eleven-day road trip to Australia to reach Melbourne with her little sister Freya, 10, and their mother Kim Litchfield, when their car collided with a semi-trailer on Thursday February 15.
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The 16-year-old girl died at the scene of the accident while her little sister is in critical condition.
The latter was taken to Westmead Hospital, where she is in a coma, with brain damage, a damaged pelvis and a broken leg, according to the family's GoFundMe page.
Their mother Kim, who was driving, was taken to hospital with minor injuries and was reunited with her youngest daughter.
The driver of the semi-trailer suffered minor injuries and is said to be in stable condition.
An investigation was opened to understand the causes of the accident.
She dedicated her life to Taylor Swift
The girls' godmother Karleigh Fox told Australian media outlet 9News that Mieka had spent many hours creating a playlist of Taylor Swift music specifically for the trip and was listening to it at the time of the accident.
Mieka's entire life was dedicated to Taylor Swift, with her cat even being named Mr Perfectly Fine, after a title of the pop star.
“It should have been a dream road trip,” she told the Daily Telegraph.
This is not the first time that a tragedy has affected a Taylor Swift fan during a concert of the singer.
Last November, Ana Clara Benevides, 23, suffered a heart attack in the queue for a concert in Rio (Brazil), forcing Taylor Swift to postpone her concert.
Two days later, Gabriel Milhomem Santosn, a 25-year-old man who had gone to Rio de Janeiro to attend the singer's world tour, was stabbed to death.