Taylor Swift concert wristbands save fans in car crash
The multi-colored flashing wristbands Taylor Swift's fans are given before concerts helped save three devotees' lives after they were involved in an accident following a gig on Friday (22May15).
The Blank Space hitmaker brought her 1989 tour to Baton Rouge, Louisiana's LSU Tiger Stadium, and each concertgoer received a wristband, which syncs to the beat of the music during the show.
Following the gig, Elizabeth Dazzio was driving her sister Caroline
and a friend home when she fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed
the vehicle, leaving her unconscious and her two passengers trapped
in the wreckage.
Caroline tells local news station WBRZ, "You could smell the gas
and smoke. I was just thinking we need to get out of this car."
Two of the girls' cell phones had run out of power and a third
could not be located, and so their only hope was the flashing
bracelets, which they used as emergency flares to catch the
attention of drivers passing by.
Finally, a woman noticed the lights and pulled over to help the
girls, calling paramedics to the scene.
Elizabeth Dazzio was the only passenger admitted to hospital, but
she is expected to make a full recovery.
Swift read all about the survival story and took to Twitter.com on
Thursday (28May15) to express her concern, writing, "This is
unreal. I'm so happy they're okay."