Taylor Swift concert: Tragedy hits Queensland family on dream trip to see pop superstar after teen, 16, dies and her 10-year-old sister is in critical condition
- The family's car collided with a truck
- The young girls were supposed to attend Taylor Swift's concert
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A teenager has died in a horror crash while on a dream road trip to see Taylor Swift's concert. Her sister is in critical condition after the accident.
The 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister were in a vehicle traveling from Queensland to Melbourne when the SUV they were in collided with a semi-trailer in Ballimore near Dubbo in western NSW about 6pm on Thursday.
Emergency services rushed to the scene after reports of the collision, but the teenager could not be saved.
It is believed she was sitting in the front passenger seat at the time of the accident.
The girl's younger sister, who was in the back of the vehicle, was flown to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.
A teenage girl has died in a horror crash in Dubbo, western NSW (pictured) while on her way to Taylor Swift's concert
The girl was in an SUV at the time of the collision and was on her way to Melbourne for Swift's concert (pictured) that started on Friday evening.
The driver of the trailer suffered minor injuries and was taken to Dubbo Hospital in a stable condition.
The two teenage girls and their mother, who live on the Gold Coast, were heading to Melbourne before Swift sold out concert at the MCG.
The pop superstar kicked off the Australian leg of her Era tour in Melbourne on Friday evening.
More to come.