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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Anthony Cuthbertson

Man drives off bridge ‘following Google Maps’

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A man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge was following Google Maps directions, according to a lawsuit.

The family of Philip Paxson, who drowned on 30 September last year while driving home from his daughter’s ninth birthday party, is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming that it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.

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