The grieving sister of one of the upstate limo crash victims recalled her final text exchange with her sibling, who she said was just out to have a “good time” before the tragedy.

Karina Halse told The Post on Monday that her sister, Amanda Halse, 26, was excited to be out and about with her boyfriend, Patrick Cushing, and a group of 16 friends in the limo for a birthday party.

“She was just full of joy and did whatever she could to enjoy her life. Going in this limo was such a ‘her’ thing, such an Amanda thing to do. She was always trying to have a good time,” Halse said.

Karina said she’d been texting her sister up until the crash, the country’s deadliest transportation accident in nearly a decade.

“I got a text from my sister at 12:55 [p.m.] on Saturday that said, ‘We’re going to the Ommegang Brewery in Cooperstown for a birthday party,” Karina said. “I texted her back at a little after 2, but the message went unanswered because it was a few minutes after the wreck happened.”

Karina, 21, burst into tears at the crash site in Schoharie while speaking about her sister, who was among the 20 people who died when the limo blew through a stop sign and veered into the parking lot of Apple Barrel Country Store just before 2 p.m. All 18 people in the limo died, as well as two pedestrians who were struck by a car it hit.

Amanda’s boyfriend, Cushing, 30, also died. He was the cousin of Erin McGowan, who perished with her new husband, Shane.

“It was Patrick’s friends. My sister Amanda was just a friendly person,” Karina said. “She’d get along with anybody.”

Karina said she and Amanda, who have an older brother, Kevin, were extremely close — and that her family is now struggling to cope with her death.

“My parents are devastated today,” she said. “They keep saying, ‘We’re supposed to go first. You’re supposed to be at our funeral — not us going to your funeral.’ They both keep saying that. We don’t know what to do.”

Amanda worked as a waitress at a restaurant in Watervliet and lived across the Hudson River in Troy, according to Karina.

She also loved to paint.

“My sister was an artist,” said the heartbroken sibling, who lives in Lake George. “She was my other half. I don’t know what I’m going to do without her. I’m putting on a brave face now.”

She said she’ll miss “just having my sister around, hearing her voice,” before dissolving into tears.

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