Taylor Swift fan killed in car crash on way to Eras concert in Australia

A teenage girl traveling to Taylor Swift's Eras tour concert in Melbourne, Australia, has been killed in a car crash.

On Thursday (February 15), fan Mieka Pokarier, 16, was traveling with her mother and 10-year-old sister from the Gold Coast to the pop superstar's show at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when their sport utility vehicle crashed into a semi truck. TMZ References.

Mieka died at the scene, while her younger sister was taken to Sydney's Westmead Hospital in a critical condition and placed in an induced coma, according to New York Post. Their mother, who was driving, was treated by paramedics and taken to another hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the semi-truck was also taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

Police are still investigating the cause of the accident. No one had been arrested, charged or ticketed in the accident at press time, TMZ reports.

The sisters' godmother, Karleigh Fox, said the girls were very excited to see Swift in concert and had bought tickets to the singer's concerts in Melbourne and Sydney, according to Position.

“Last night one of my dearest friends was driving from the Gold Coast to Melbourne with two of her children (my godchildren) when they were involved in a head-on collision with a semi-trailer,” Fox wrote in a GoFundMe page.

“We are devastated to have lost one of her children (aged 16), while the 10-year-old was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition, fighting for her life with brain injuries, a damaged pelvis and a broken leg.” He added: “This should have been a road trip of a lifetime with them going to gigs in both Melbourne and Sydney.”

Swift's three-night stand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground began on Friday (February 16) and concludes on Sunday (February 18). From there, he is scheduled for back-to-back concerts at Sydney's Accor Stadium (February 23-25). Other international stops include Singapore, France, Sweden, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Europe and Canada.

In November 2023, another Swift, 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides Machado, died of heat exhaustion at the superstar's Eras tour show at Estadio Nilton Santon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After her death, Swift shared an emotional message on social media and postponed her concert the following evening.