Taylor Swift Fan Dies While Driving to Pop Star’s Australia Concert

February 17, 2024:

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Another deadly tragedy has struck Taylor Swift‘s legion of avid fans – months after one of her concertgoers died in Brazil.

The latest bad news came Thursday when a teenager was killed as she and her family were driving to the pop superstar’s concert in Australia.

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16-year-old Mieka Pokarier, her mother, and her sister were cruising in an SUV from the Gold Coast to Taylor’s show over 1,700 miles away in Melbourne when they collided with a semi-truck.

Mieka and her 10-year-old sibling, Freya, were severely injured, while their mom, Kim, was also hurt.

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Emergency Service units raced to the scene and provided medical aid to the sisters, but Mieka didn’t make it and was pronounced dead.

Freya was rushed to a local hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. Kim, who was driving the SUV, was also hospitalized, but her condition was not known.

A 16-year-old fan on her way to a Taylor Swift concert has been killed, and her 10-year-old sister critically injured in shocking road crash.

Their car collided with a semi trailer near Dubbo on Thursday night. #9News @MassiliaAili pic.twitter.com/KdfLiWNEoX

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The truck driver also suffered injuries and was taken to the hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

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Police are investigating the cause of the crash. So far, no one has been arrested, charged or ticketed.

Back in November, another Swiftie — Ana Clara Benevides Machado — died after she collapsed from heat exhaustion at Taylor’s concert in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Taylor posted a heartfelt Instagram message, honoring Ana and postponing her show the following night.

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It remains to be seen if Taylor will follow the same playbook in this latest tragedy. As you know, Taylor performed a sold-out concert in front of 96,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds Friday night.

She’s currently on the international leg of her popular ‘Eras’ tour.

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