Google Sued Over Fatal Google Maps Error After Man Drove Off Broken Bridge

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By msmashSep 21, 2023, 11:00 pm321 ptsTop
FrankOVD writes: Google is being sued by a widow who says her husband drowned in September 2022 after Google Maps directed him over a collapsed bridge in Hickory, North Carolina. Google failed to correct its map service despite warnings about the broken bridge two years before the accident, according to the…

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