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- A family claims Google Maps led a father to drive off of a collapsed bridge.
- The family is now suing Google, Alphabet, and two local companies claimed to be responsible for maintaining the land and bridge.
- Residents have reportedly notified Google Maps about the hazardous bridge previously.
Google Maps is a helpful app that can usually get you from point A to point B quickly and safely. However, Google Maps didn’t work the way it was meant to for one North Carolina man. A family is now suing Google for an unspecified amount in punitive damages. The lawsuit claims the navigation app led the father to his death by instructing him to drive through a route with a collapsed bridge.
As reported by CNN, the lawsuit says Philip Paxton was driving home from his daughter’s 9th birthday party late at night in September 2022. Using the Google Maps app, he was directed to drive through an unmarked and unbarricaded bridge that had collapsed back in 2013.