A young girl seriously injured in a horrific highway crash that killed her sister during a road trip to see Taylor Swift in concert remains in a coma.
Freya Pokarier, 10, was airlifted to Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney after the SUV she was traveling in with her sister and mother collided with a semi-trailer near Dubbo on February 15 while they were traveling from their Gold Coast home to Melbourne.
Her older sister Mieka, 16, sadly died at the scene while the girls’ mother was taken to Dubbo Hospital with serious injuries, but is now by Freya’s side after being discharged.
The girls’ godmother, Karleigh Fox, said Friday that there is no progress to report on Freya’s condition and that she is in a coma, in a message shared with a GoFundMe page set up to help the family in the aftermath of the tragedy.
“We have no updates for you on the condition of our dear Freya,” Mrs Fox said.
“We’re just surrendering to this process of continued patience and working through all the logistical work that comes with being in a city that is not ours and grieving for Mieka.”
The younger sister of a teenager who died in a horror accident on the way to Taylor Swift is still in a coma. Mieka (right) sadly died at the scene while Freya (left) was flown to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a critical condition
Mieka Pokarier, 16, was traveling with her mother and younger sister from the Gold Coast to Melbourne to see Taylor Swift in concert when their SUV collided with a truck
The family were on the ‘trip of a lifetime’ to see Swift in Melbourne (pictured) and Sydney and had spent hours refreshing the ticket purchase page
Ms Fox said Westmead had provided an “incredible” chaplain and social workers to support the family, while the girls’ father and older sister also traveled from the Gold Coast to be at Freya’s bedside.
‘The surgeons and nurses continue to provide unrivaled care for our girl and we have officially moved to Ronald McDonald House where they provide meals and beautiful quality accommodation, and for that we are so grateful.’
“I can’t rate them highly enough.”
She added that Freya’s school changed their school bell to play Taylor Swift songs to show their support and thanked other ‘Swifites’ who submitted photos of themselves wearing handmade bracelets with the girls’ names.
Swift fans, known as Swifties, trade homemade bracelets with each other, and many are now making them in honor of Mieka, with her name on them (pictured)
Emergency services attended the scene of the accident near Dubbo last Thursday