Taylor Swift’s 1989 tour wristbands save lives of two fans in horror car crash

IS there anything pop star Taylor Swift cannot do? Her new single is #1 in the US, her album is still top 10 worldwide and she just saved the lives of two fans.

Ian Horswill

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May 29, 2015 - 12:00PM

News Corp Australia Network

BATON ROUGE, LA - MAY 22: Taylor Swift performs on stage during "The 1989 World Tour" at LSU Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, LA on May 22, 2015. (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for TAS)

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IS there anything pop star Taylor Swift cannot do?

Her new single Bad Blood, which features Kendrick Lamar, is #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US and #3 on the ARIA charts, her album 1989 is still top 10 worldwide, she is wowing fans on a world tour — that hits Australia in November — and now she’s a lifesaver.

Though to be more precise it is Swift’s light-up 1989 tour concert bracelets that have saved lives, WBRZ 2 reported.

Every seat has a special light-up bracelet! #1989TourTokyo pic.twitter.com/zmDooCGJ14
â€” Taylor Swift Updates (@TSwiftLA) May 5, 2015

Elizabeth Dazzio was driving her sister Caroline and a friend home from Swift’s concert at Baton Rouge, the capital city of US state Louisiana, when she fell asleep at the wheel.

The car veered off the road and crashed. Dazzio was knocked unconscious and the two girls were trapped.

“You could smell the gas and smoke,” Caroline Dazzio told WBRZ. “I was just thinking we need to get out of this car.”

‘This is unreal. I’m so happy’ ... Taylor Swift expresses delight that her 1989 World Tour light-up bracelets help rescue concertgoers trapped in a car crash after the concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Picture: Christopher Polk / Getty Images for TAS

Two of the girls' three mobile phones in the car were dead and they could not find the other in the wreckage.

Cars passed the crash scene but did not see the mangled car and did not stop.

So Caroline and the friend, who has not been named, used the light-up bracelets from the concert, that are programmed and set to the beat of Swift’s songs, as emergency flares to try and get the attention of passing motorists.

The light-up bracelets worked. A female motorist stopped and said she saw the lights from the bracelets and realised someone was in trouble.

“She could tell that there was someone in the car,” Caroline Dazzio said.

The female motirst and a man, who was with her, helped pull the girls out of the car and called for emergency services.

Dazzio is expected to be released from hospital soon.

Swift on being told the news expressed her joy.