A young girl seriously injured in a horrific highway collision that killed her sister while on a road trip to see Taylor Swift remains in a coma more than a week after the crash.
Freya Pokarier, 10, was airlifted to Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney after the SUV she was in with her sister and mother collided with a semi-trailer near Dubbo on February 15.
They’d been travelling from their Gold Coast home to Melbourne to catch Swift in concert when tragedy struck.
Mieka, 16, sadly died at the scene while the girls’ mother, Kim Litchfield, was rushed to Dubbo Hospital with serious injuries. Ms Litchfield has since been discharged and is now by Freya’s side.
The girls’ godmother, Karleigh Fox, on Friday said there was no improvement on Freya’s condition and she remained in a coma, in a post shared to a GoFundMe page established to help the family in the wake of the tragedy.
Freya suffered brain injuries, a broken leg and a damaged pelvis in the crash.
‘We don’t have any updates on our darling Freya’s condition for you,’ Ms Fox said.
‘We are just surrendering to this process of continued patience and working through all of the logistical work that comes with staying in a town that is not our own and grieving for Mieka.’
The younger sister of a teenager killed in a horror crash on her way to see Taylor Swift remains in a coma. Mieka (right) sadly died at the scene while Freya (left) was airlifted to Westmead Children’s Hospital in a critical condition
Mieka Pokarier, 16, was travelling with her mother and younger sister to Melbourne from the Gold Coast 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
Ms Fox said that Westmead had provided an ‘incredible’ chaplain and social workers to support the family with the girls’ father and older sister also travelling down from the Gold Coast to be by Freya’s bedside.
‘The surgeons and nurses continue to offer second to none care to our girl and we have officially moved into Ronald McDonald House where they provide meals and beautiful quality accommodation and for that we are so grateful,’ she said.
‘I cannot rate them highly enough.’
She added that Freya’s school has changed their school bell to play Taylor Swift songs to show their support and thanked other ‘Swifties’ who had sent in pictures of themselves wearing handmade bracelets with the girls’ names.
Swift fans, known as Swifties, swap self-made bracelets with each other, and many are now making them in honour of Mieka, with her name on them (pictured)
Fans were encouraged to wear the special bracelets to Swift’s shows to honour the girls.
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Taylor Swift is pictures onstage in Melbourne on her Eras Tour
In a post made to a Taylor Swift Eras Tour Facebook page, a fan called on Swifties to wear a friendship bracelet with Mieka’s name.
‘To honour them the family is asking everyone to wear a friendship bracelet with her name so it’s like she’s still there. Mieka is her name.’
‘I will also be handing out bracelets with her name in her honour as well.’
Ms Fox said earlier this week she was still coming to terms with the tragedy.
‘It just kind of feels like Mieka might be staying at someone’s house and I think it’s really going to hit us… when we got home. The reality of it that she’s not coming back, she told Nine News.
‘Then to make a big holiday, it was supposed to be an 11 day road trip to catch up with friends and see the sights.’
Ms Fox said her ‘smart and creative’ goddaughter was a long-time Swiftie.
‘She’s been a Taylor Swift Fan for over 10 years, and she loved maths, she loved pottery, she was always making people things with pottery and going to classes,’ she said.
‘She was very talented, she’s always been into creating loom bands and friendship bracelets.’
Emergency crews attend the scene of the crash last Thursday near Dubbo
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Taylor Swift (pictured in Melbourne) has been made aware of the crash