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Navigation App Allegedly Directs Car Over Damaged Bridge in Uttar Pradesh, Resulting in Three Deaths

November 25, 2024

A car reportedly using Google Maps for navigation was misled onto a collapsed bridge in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to outdated GPS data. The car plunged into the river below, resulting in three fatalities.
Alleged deployer
google
Alleged developer
google
Alleged harmed parties
vivek-kumar, amit-(family-name-unknown), unidentified-victim, families-of-the-victims

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/857

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