LBC
Philip Paxson, 47, was using Google Maps to drive home from his daughter’s birthday party on September 30 last year when his Jeep Gladiator plunged into Snow Creek in Hickory, North Carolina, and he drowned, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.
During Mr Paxson’s journey, the GPS put him on the unfamiliar path of the bridge, which had collapsed almost a decade earlier and was never repaired, the lawsuit said.
His family are now suing Google for negligence, saying it failed to update its navigation system.
Mr Paxson’s widow, Alicia, said: “Our girls ask how and why their daddy died, and I’m at a loss for words they can understand because, as an adult, I still can´t understand how those responsible for the GPS directions and the bridge could have acted with so little regard for human life.”
State troopers who found the father-of-two’s body in his truck said there were no barriers or warning signs near the bridge.
He drove off the unguarded edge and crashed about 20 feet below, the lawsuit said.
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