A North Carolina woman sued Google for negligence Tuesday after her husband drove off a collapsed bridge and died while following directions from Google Maps. Alicia Paxson’s husband, Philip Paxson, drove off Snow Creek Bridge in Hickory, N.C., last September, as he returned home from their daughter’s birthday party. The bridge had collapsed nine years…
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving off a fallen bridge while following Google Maps instructions is suing the company for negligence.
Philip Paxson was using a GPS to navigate his way back home in September 2022, when he drove onto an “unmarked, unbarricaded” bridge, according to the lawsuit
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.