Tahlia Mardini was just 16-years-old when she and her friend Tegan Galea-Elson went to a house party at Punchbowl, in Sydney, on New Year s Eve in 2017.
Tahlia Mardini, 19, was in a horror car crash in the early hours of January 1, 2018
Ms Mardini and her friend Tegan Galea-Elson were at a party celebrating NYE
They decided to get a lift to another event but the driver sped and crashed
Ms Galea-Elston was killed and Ms Mardini suffered catastrophic injuries
The makeup artist is warning to drivers to slow down and be safe on roads
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Subscriber only Tahlia Mardini leads a tortured existence surrounded by photographs of her dead best friend to remind her how wonderful life once was. The 19-year-old has taken a TAFE course in makeup artistry to hide the scars from 25 surgeries to reconstruct her head and neck after a horrific car crash in Yagoona, minutes into the new year on January 1, 2018. Â Tahlia Mardini is still haunted by the horror crash that claimed her friendâs life. Picture: Toby Zerna While she is profoundly grateful for her miraculous survival and loving family, Tahlia is heartbreakingly honest about the misery she has endured since waking from a coma and being told her best friend Tegan Galea-Elson died weeks earlier at the scene.
News by Jack Morphet
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Subscriber only Tahlia Mardini leads a tortured existence surrounded by photographs of her dead best friend to remind her how wonderful life once was. The 19-year-old has taken a TAFE course in makeup artistry to hide the scars from 25 surgeries to reconstruct her head and neck after a horrific car crash in Yagoona, minutes into the new year on January 1, 2018. Â Tahlia Mardini is still haunted by the horror crash that claimed her friendâs life. Picture: Toby Zerna While she is profoundly grateful for her miraculous survival and loving family, Tahlia is heartbreakingly honest about the misery she has endured since waking from a coma and being told her best friend Tegan Galea-Elson died weeks earlier at the scene.