India: Google Maps leads to defective bridge – Investigation against employees
Three men have died because they followed a Google Maps route over a broken bridge. A Google employee is now under investigation.
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Three men in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh were on their way to a wedding on Saturday evening when their car plunged 15 meters from a broken bridge in poor visibility. According to the media, they had been following Google Maps. Following the incident, several local government employees were arrested and the local police also say they are investigating a Google employee, writes The Hindu newspaper.
Bridge ends over river
The bridge is said to have been damaged months ago by heavy flooding. Pictures from the scene of the accident show how it ends up cut off over a river. Relatives of the victims complained that the access road to the bridge was not closed and was still shown as passable on Google Maps.
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In a written comment to the AFP news agency , Google stated that it was working with the authorities to investigate the incident. A similar incident occurred a year ago when two doctors in the state of Kerala followed the instructions of Google Maps and crashed their car into a river.
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