diff --git a/tsc/internal/parser/parser.go b/tsc/internal/parser/parser.go
index c670d64ad21c2..5b4b738db33be 100644
--- a/tsc/internal/parser/parser.go
+++ b/tsc/internal/parser/parser.go
@@ -6742,7 +6742,14 @@ func (p *Parser) parseResolutionMode(mode string, pos int, end int) (resolutionK
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) jsErrorAtRange(loc core.TextRange, message *diagnostics.Message, args ...any) {
-	p.jsDiagnostics = append(p.jsDiagnostics, ast.NewDiagnostic(nil, core.NewTextRange(scanner.SkipTrivia(p.sourceText, loc.Pos()), loc.End()), message, args...))
+	// Match Strada getErrorSpanForNode: do not skip trivia for missing (empty)
+	// locations. Skipping the following whitespace would move start past end
+	// and invert the diagnostic span (see #65078).
+	rangeLoc := loc
+	if loc.Pos() != loc.End() {
+		rangeLoc = p.skipRangeTrivia(loc)
+	}
+	p.jsDiagnostics = append(p.jsDiagnostics, ast.NewDiagnostic(nil, rangeLoc, message, args...))
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) checkJSDecoratorSyntax(node *ast.Node) {
@@ -6782,12 +6789,12 @@ func (p *Parser) checkJSDecoratorSyntax(node *ast.Node) {
 						if trailingDecoratorIndex >= 0 {
 							diag := ast.NewDiagnostic(
 								nil,
-								core.NewTextRange(scanner.SkipTrivia(p.sourceText, modifiers[trailingDecoratorIndex].Loc.Pos()), modifiers[trailingDecoratorIndex].Loc.End()),
+								p.skipRangeTrivia(modifiers[trailingDecoratorIndex].Loc),
 								diagnostics.Decorators_may_not_appear_after_export_or_export_default_if_they_also_appear_before_export,
 							)
 							diag.AddRelatedInfo(ast.NewDiagnostic(
 								nil,
-								core.NewTextRange(scanner.SkipTrivia(p.sourceText, modifiers[decoratorIndex].Loc.Pos()), modifiers[decoratorIndex].Loc.End()),
+								p.skipRangeTrivia(modifiers[decoratorIndex].Loc),
 								diagnostics.Decorator_used_before_export_here,
 							))
 							p.jsDiagnostics = append(p.jsDiagnostics, diag)
diff --git a/tsc/internal/parser/parser_test.go b/tsc/internal/parser/parser_test.go
index ffa96713eb444..492cd5892f562 100644
--- a/tsc/internal/parser/parser_test.go
+++ b/tsc/internal/parser/parser_test.go
@@ -571,3 +571,29 @@ namespace N {
 	assert.Equal(t, positionMap.UTF8ToUTF16(afterBoxDrawingCharacter), afterBoxDrawingCharacter-2)
 	assert.Equal(t, positionMap.UTF8ToUTF16(len(sourceText)), len(sourceText)-2)
 }
+
+// https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/65078
+// jsErrorAtRange must not skip trivia for a missing (empty) type annotation;
+// doing so inverted the TS8010 span (start past end), which crashed --pretty
+// and reported the wrong column.
+func TestJSErrorAtMissingTypeAnnotationKeepsEmptySpan(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	sourceText := "var R: ;"
+	opts := ast.SourceFileParseOptions{
+		FileName: "/a.js",
+		PathKey:  "/a.js",
+	}
+	file := parser.ParseSourceFile(opts, sourceText, core.ScriptKindJS)
+
+	var found *ast.Diagnostic
+	for _, d := range file.JSDiagnostics() {
+		if d.Code() == diagnostics.Type_annotations_can_only_be_used_in_TypeScript_files.Code() {
+			found = d
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Assert(t, found != nil, "expected TS8010")
+	// "var R:" ends at index 6; the missing type occupies [6,6].
+	assert.Equal(t, found.Pos(), 6)
+	assert.Equal(t, found.Len(), 0)
+}