Driver Frozen to Death in -50C Weather After Taking Shorter Google Maps Route 12 Dec 2020, 12:37 UTC ·
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A recent example in this regard is the case of 18-year-old friends Sergey Ustinov and Vladislav Istomin, who were both traveling in a passenger car on Russia’s Kolyma Highway, also known as the Road of Bones.
With a length of 2,031 km (1,262 mi), the highway was built during the Soviet Union’s Stalinist era, and it’s believed over 250,000 people died during the construction phase.
A report citing local media indicates the driver followed a shorter route suggested by Google Maps, only to be sent to a snow-covered road that was abandoned during the 1970s. A wooden spike damaged the radiator of their Toyota Chaser, with the two eventually becoming stranded in an area with no cellular signal, thus not being able to call for help.
Road of Bones Russia: Man frozen to death after Google Maps wrong turn
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