Taylor Swift donates $50,000 to GoFundMe for injured Connecticut mother

Taylor Swift has donated $50,000 to a GoFundMe campaign supporting Ashley Taunton, a Connecticut mother of three who sustained life-threatening injuries while helping strangers after a car accident in Rhode Island last month. The donation, confirmed by multiple reports, is the largest single contribution to the fundraiser, which has raised over $64,000 as of August 28. Taunton, a 42-year-old certified nursing assistant, was driving south on Interstate 95 in July with her youngest daughter when she encountered a group of teenagers whose vehicle had hydroplaned in a rainstorm.