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A lawsuit was this week filed against Google in North Carolina following the death of a 47-year-old father of two who drove off a collapsed bridge.
Medical device salesman Philip Paxson was alleged to have been navigating using Google Maps at the time of the accident in September 2022.
The complaint [PDF] claims that the app led him across a bridge in the city of Hickory that had been out since 2013 without being repaired.
His Jeep Gladiator fell about 20ft into a creek and Paxson drowned. State troopers found the vehicle overturned and partially submerged. There were no barriers or warning signs along the road leading to the hazard, the complaint states.
The lawsuit, brought by Paxson's family, accuses Google of gross negligence in failing to update its maps to show the route is impassable.
www.theregister.com
Medical device salesman Philip Paxson was alleged to have been navigating using Google Maps at the time of the accident in September 2022.
The complaint [PDF] claims that the app led him across a bridge in the city of Hickory that had been out since 2013 without being repaired.
His Jeep Gladiator fell about 20ft into a creek and Paxson drowned. State troopers found the vehicle overturned and partially submerged. There were no barriers or warning signs along the road leading to the hazard, the complaint states.
The lawsuit, brought by Paxson's family, accuses Google of gross negligence in failing to update its maps to show the route is impassable.
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