Driver died after Google Maps led him off a collapsed bridge, lawsuit says
Phil Paxson’s car plunged off Snow Creek bridge in Hickory, N.C., after Google Maps directed him to the bridge, which collapsed nine years ago, the lawsuit says.
Google is among the defendants named in a negligence lawsuit filed yesterday alleging that the September 30, 2022, drowning death of North Carolina motorist Philip Paxson occurred because directions from Google Maps misguided him to his death over a long collapsed bridge. Multiple news sources have featured the firm:
“Like so many motorists, Philip put his trust in Google Maps to safely guide him home from the children’s birthday party. His trust in Google Maps, and the failure of the road and bridge-keepers to do their jobs, cost him his life,” reads a statement from Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, the law firm representing the family. (Roeloffs)
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