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German backpacker who went missing in WA outback says she got lost after hitting head in car crash

Caitlin Cassidy

created: July 14, 2025, 6:59 a.m. | updated: July 14, 2025, 2:47 p.m.

Carolina Wilga hit her head in a car crash and left her vehicle in a “state of confusion” before going missing in the Western Australian outback for 11 nights, the German backpacker has revealed. Photograph: Western Australia police force“The answer is: I lost control of the car and rolled down a slope. The following day, she was found about 24km from her car, “ravaged” by mosquitoes, dehydrated, exhausted and starving. “Western Australia has taught me what it really means to be part of a true community. “Everyone should take note though that this is an example of just how dangerous our bushland and our outback can be.

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