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   "people": "A South African man living in London (George Metcalfe, 27) and his Quincy, Mass., girlfriend (Rachel Crowley, 27)",
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   "outcome": "One person killed (Rachel Crowley, 27), one person survived (George Metcalfe, 27), stranded for six days",
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   "url": "https://seattlepi.com/national/article/Vacation-from-hell-due-to-bad-GPS-device-1281292.php",
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   "incident_date": "2005-12-25",
   "location": "Havel River in eastern Germany, in the town of Caputh near Potsdam",
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   "people": "A German motorist driving a BMW",
   "navigation": "obediently following the satellite-guided navigation system of his car, which had failed to note that the road in the town of Caputh near Potsdam ended at a ferry crossing",
   "outcome": "drove his BMW, passed a stop sign, down a ramp, and about four meters into the river before stopping; nobody was hurt",
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   "location": "Four Mile Bench, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, United States",
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   "people": "A group of Belgium tourists",
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   "outcome": "Stranded in minivan, licked condensation off windshield for water, rescued after being stumbled across by riders on all-terrain vehicles",
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   "url": "https://theregister.com/2008/08/06/utah_polyhedron",
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   "incident_date": "2008",
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   "people": "Daniel Cohen and his friends",
   "navigation": "GPS system led them to the edge of a very steep cliff due to an error",
   "outcome": "Stopped just before plunging over; 25 travelers were stuck in the wilderness all night and rescued the next morning",
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   "incident_date": "2008-08",
   "location": "Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, near Tibbet Canyon, Utah, USA",
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   "people": "group of 10 children and 16 adults from California",
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   "outcome": "10 children and 16 adults spent a night in their cars; rescued by sheriff's deputies",
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   "incident_date": "2008-08",
   "location": "Near Grosvenor Arch, southern Utah, United States",
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   "people": "A California group of 13 adults and ten kids",
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   "source_title": "GPS could lead you astray, with dire consequences",
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   "location": "lake, Poland",
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   "source_title": "The final destination: Incorporating 'Death by GPS' into forensic and legal sciences",
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   "people": "An unnamed woman",
   "navigation": "GPS, giving wrong directions causing a wrong turn into the darkened Mojave Desert near Victorville",
   "outcome": "Rescued before collision; unharmed",
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   "location": "Bacup Road in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England",
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   "navigation": "TomTom satellite-navigation system; driver followed the system to the letter which led him up a lane unsuitable for motor vehicles and two miles later to a cliff edge.",
   "outcome": "BMW car stuck perilously close to a 100ft drop, recovered after nine hours in an operation costing \u00a31,000 using a tractor and three quad bikes; driver Robert Jones was convicted of driving without due care and attention, fined \u00a3370, ordered to pay \u00a3500 costs, had six penalty points put on his licence (totaling almost \u00a32,000 out of pocket), and was uninjured.",
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   "location": "southwest corner of Death Valley National Park, California, United States",
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   "people": "Alicia Sanchez, a 28-year-old nurse from Las Vegas, and her 11-year-old son Carlos",
   "navigation": "Following her vehicle's GPS, she took a gravel road in the far south of the park that goes from Death Valley into the Owlshead Mountains.",
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   "location": "Oregon desert, United States",
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   "url": "https://aol.co.uk/lifestyle/2011-05-12-sat-nav-system-blamed-for-woman-who-nearly-died-in-remote-mounta.html",
   "source_title": "Sat nav system blamed for woman who nearly died in US mountains",
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   "location": "Australian outback, Australia",
   "category": "desert",
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   "url": "https://fueltek.co.uk/worst-satnav-mistakes",
   "source_title": "Worst Satnav Mistakes",
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   "incident_date": "2010",
   "location": "La Serena Reservoir, near Capilla, Spain",
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   "navigation": "GPS signal showing a road as usable",
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   "source_title": "Missing Canadian couple: Experts say always pair GPS with paper map, realize technology not infallible",
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   "url": "https://ibtimes.co.uk/woman-blindly-follows-sat-nav-drives-car-into-lake-1560283",
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   "incident_date": "2011",
   "location": "Mercer Slough in Bellevue, Washington, United States",
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   "outcome": "the driver and her two passengers were able to make it to shore unharmed, but the rented SUV wasn\u2019t so fortunate. In fact, when the tow truck driver arrived just four hours later, the rented vehicle was fully submerged.",
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   "incident_date": "2011-03",
   "location": "northern Oregon, Idaho State Highway 51, and near an Idaho ghost town leading toward Mountain City, Nevada, USA",
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   "people": "A Canadian couple, Rita Chretien and her husband Albert Chretien",
   "navigation": "Magellan GPS unit, used by entering Mountain City, Nevada as the destination, which led them onto a small dirt road near an Idaho ghost town and eventually to a confusing three-way crossroads.",
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   "source_title": "Death by GPS - Ars Technica",
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   "location": "Death Valley National Park and Saline Valley, California, United States",
   "category": "desert",
   "people": "Retired farmer Donna Cooper and her companions (daughter Gina and a friend)",
   "navigation": "Their GPS led them astray, took them further into the desert when Cooper switched it on to bring them home, and contributed to them getting lost and stranded for three days.",
   "outcome": "Stranded for three days in Death Valley after their car ran out of gas, they survived by drinking dirty well water from abandoned trailers and were eventually rescued by a helicopter crew.",
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   "location": "Off the coast of Australia, between the mainland and North Stradbroke Island",
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   "people": "Yuzu Noda, Tomonari Saeki, and Keita Osada (three Japanese Tokyo students)",
   "navigation": "GPS neglected to mention the 15 kilometers (9 miles) of water and mud between the two locations and led them to drive into the ocean",
   "outcome": "Three unharmed occupants, Hyundai Getz rental car submerged in 2 meters of water",
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   "outcome": "Toyota Yaris was overcome by water and swept more than 100 metres downstream, trapping the couple and their pet inside. Jonathan Gammon drowned, while his wife Priscilla Turner managed to escape.",
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   "incident_date": "2012-08-23",
   "location": "Whittier, Alaska, United States",
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   "navigation": "The driver followed his GPS navigator, which told him to turn right.",
   "outcome": "The driver was not seriously injured and was rescued; two dogs were rescued by breaking a back window; one cat died; the Subaru car was submerged 50 feet into the water, hauled out, and taken to Anchorage.",
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   "people": "a truck driver",
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   "outcome": "stuck on a sharp left turn with trailer tires inches from careening down a steep cliff",
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   "navigation": "GPS led her to get stuck in southern Utah.",
   "outcome": "Got stuck and was discovered by happenstance.",
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   "url": "https://ksl.com/article/news/utah/death-by-gps-officials-warn-against-trusting-tech-in-the-wilderness/42709121",
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   "incident_date": "2015-03",
   "location": "Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, Indiana, United States",
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   "people": "64-year-old Iftikhar Hussain and his 51-year-old wife, Zohra",
   "navigation": "Navigation system, apparently paying more attention to the navigation system than what was in front of him",
   "outcome": "Car plunged off the bridge dropping nearly 40 feet; Zohra died from her burns, while Iftikhar managed to escape before the car burst into flames.",
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   "url": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/death-by-gps",
   "source_title": "Death by GPS - Ars Technica",
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   "incident_date": "2016-02-11",
   "location": "river Elbe, Bleckede, southeast of Hamburg, northern Germany",
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   "url": "http://thelocal.de/20160211/man-drives-into-river-elbe-on-orders-from-sat-nav",
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   "incident_date": "2016-02-27",
   "location": "near the east end of Bloody Basin Road, near Sheeps Bridge, near the Verde River, Arizona, United States",
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   "people": "a 68-year-old woman from Mesa, Arizona",
   "navigation": "phone application to track the OnStar service; GPS directions indicated she was on a country road heading towards pavement but she actually was driving further from civilization",
   "outcome": "Vehicle found unoccupied and stuck; 68-year-old woman found alive with scratches and bruises, disoriented, and transported by DPS Ranger helicopter to a Phoenix area hospital for treatment",
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   "source_title": "GPS Directions Strand Desert Travelers",
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   "incident_date": "2016-03-07",
   "location": "near Alamo Lake, Yavapai County, Arizona",
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   "people": "a family of four, a male and female adult along with their children, ages 4 and 1\u00bd years",
   "navigation": "GPS mapping unit; mapping led them in the wrong direction and eventually to a point where their vehicle became stranded in a wash",
   "outcome": "Sedan stuck in a ditch; family of four (two adults, two children ages 4 and 1.5) rescued unharmed and transported out of the wilderness after being found by DPS Ranger Helicopter and ground search crew",
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   "incident_date": "2016-04-01",
   "location": "Anhui province, China",
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   "people": "A man new to the area",
   "navigation": "satellite navigation device led him into the middle of a river",
   "outcome": "Driver trapped in his car in the middle of a river; the Hyundai was removed from the water and the man and vehicle were rescued after half a day.",
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   "incident_date": "2016-05-12",
   "location": "Little Tub Harbour in Tobermory, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada",
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   "people": "23-year-old female resident of Kitchener, Ontario",
   "navigation": "GPS instructions that led her to take a wrong turn into Little Tub Harbour and drive down a boat launch",
   "outcome": "The car ended up sinking in a boat launch on Little Tub Harbour close to midnight. The driver got out unhurt and had to swim about 30 meters from the water, and the vehicle (Toyota Yaris) was pulled from the water on Friday morning.",
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   "url": "https://hackread.com/woman-follows-gps-goes-straight-into-lake",
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   "incident_date": "2016-12",
   "location": "North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Utah, United States",
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   "source_title": "Fatal Car Crash Occurs in India After Google Maps Misleads Passengers off Incomplete Bridge to Their Deaths",
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   "source_title": "Rescue video of youths who, relying on Google Maps, drive car into a river in Kerala\u2019s Kasaragod goes viral",
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   "incident_date": "2022-09",
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   "incident_date": "2022-09-30",
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   "incident_date": "2023-04-29",
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   "incident_date": "2023-09-01",
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   "incident_date": "2023-09-27",
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   "incident_date": "2024-04-27",
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   "people": "A 54-year-old male truck driver from Surrey",
   "navigation": "According to the police, the driver was following his GPS instructions which, due to a critical error, directed him to descend the boat ramp into the lake.",
   "outcome": "Truck became partially submerged in Osoyoos Lake, driver was trapped in the cab and rescued by fire crews swimming out, driver was not injured, and truck was later removed from the marina ramp",
   "fatalities": 0,
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   "url": "https://theprogress.com/2024/05/01/trucker-pulled-from-bc-lake-after-following-his-gps-down-a-boat-ramp",
   "source_title": "Trucker pulled from B.C. lake after following his GPS down a boat ramp",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-05",
   "location": "near Kuruppanthara in Kottayam, Kerala, India",
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   "people": "A group of tourists from Hyderabad (four-member group, including a woman)",
   "navigation": "Google Maps, blindly followed and directed driver into a stream",
   "outcome": "A tourist's SUV sank after being driven into a stream",
   "fatalities": null,
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   "source_title": "Two men die in world\u2019s largest sand desert after losing GPS signals",
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-06",
   "location": "Pallanchi forest road in Kuttikol, Kasargod district, Kerala, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "M Abdul Rashid (35) and A Thashreef (36)",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 4,
   "url": "https://etnownews.com/technology/kerala-youths-followed-google-maps-only-to-end-up-stranded-in-a-river-watch-what-happened-next-article-111436364",
   "source_title": "Kerala youths followed Google Maps only to end up stranded in a river! WATCH what happened next",
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   "incidents_in_category": 59
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-07-01",
   "location": "Kilometre 41, Jalan Kota Bharu-Kuala Krai near Machang, Malaysia",
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   "navigation": "Used a navigation app which directed the vehicle to enter a culvert construction site still under construction before plunging into a ravine",
   "outcome": "The Toyota Prius plunged into a ravine at a culvert construction site, and all five occupants sustained injuries and were taken to Machang Hospital for further treatment.",
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   "source_title": "Five Chinese nationals injured after car following navigation app plunges into ravine at roadworks in Machang (VIDEO) | MEXC News",
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   "incidents_in_category": 19
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-08-14",
   "location": "Mojave Desert, California, United States",
   "category": "desert",
   "people": "Marty Callner and his daughter",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-dec-21-hy-wheels21-story.html",
   "source_title": "Navigation nightmare on a desert road",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 25
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-08-22",
   "location": "Rub\u2019 al Khali desert, Al Hasa region, Saudi Arabia",
   "category": "desert",
   "people": "A 27-year-old Indian man from Telangana (Mohammad Shehzad Khan) and his Sudanese colleague",
   "navigation": "Their GPS signal failed, their mobile phones had no battery, and their vehicle ran out of fuel, leaving them exposed to the scorching desert conditions.",
   "outcome": "Their car ran out of fuel, mobile phones ran out of power, and both occupants died due to starvation and dehydration after losing their way in the desert.",
   "fatalities": 2,
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   "url": "https://deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/telangana/telangana-man-dies-after-gps-malfunction-in-saudi-desert-1818822",
   "source_title": "Telangana Man Dies After GPS Malfunction in Saudi Desert",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 25
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-11",
   "location": "India",
   "category": "cliff",
   "people": "Three men",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://grokipedia.com/page/Death_by_GPS",
   "source_title": "Death by GPS",
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   "incidents_in_category": 19
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-11-23",
   "location": "Ramganga River, connecting Faridpur and Datagani, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, near New Delhi, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Vivek Kumar, Amit Kumar, and a third unidentified person (three people in total)",
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   "outcome": "the car went off an unfinished bridge, fell between 30 and 50 feet into the river, and all three occupants died",
   "fatalities": 3,
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   "url": "https://diply.com/three-people-have-died-after-sat-nav-sends-their-car-along-unfinished-bridge",
   "source_title": "Three People Have Died After Sat Nav Sends Their Car Along Unfinished Bridge",
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  {
   "incident_date": "2024-12",
   "location": "near Bareilly, near Kalapura village, Uttar Pradesh, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Divyanshu, a Kanpur resident, and two companions",
   "navigation": "Google Maps led them onto an unsafe canal track near Kalapura village.",
   "outcome": "car, a Tata Tiago, lost control upon encountering a broken bridge and overturned into the dry canal; passengers sustained no serious injuries, and local residents, assisted by the police and a JCB machine, retrieved the car.",
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://livemint.com/news/world/wrong-turn-amazon-delivery-driver-lands-in-water-in-uk-after-following-gps-directions-rescued-11771293415924.html",
   "source_title": "Wrong turn? Amazon delivery driver lands in water in UK after following GPS directions; rescued",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
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  {
   "incident_date": "2025-03",
   "location": "CA-643 road in the Lunada pass, Cantabria region, Spain",
   "category": "cliff",
   "people": "four young men from Madrid",
   "navigation": "navigation system that recommended the shortest path via the CA-643 road",
   "outcome": "four young men died",
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 2,
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   "source_title": "Death by GPS",
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  {
   "incident_date": "2025-06",
   "location": "Tanjung Kunyit, Malaysia",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "41-year-old woman",
   "navigation": "Waze",
   "outcome": "badly damaged vehicle, no injuries to driver",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://autoevolution.com/news/woman-uses-waze-doesn-t-care-about-anything-else-plunges-into-a-river-252368.html",
   "source_title": "Woman Uses Waze, Doesn't Care About Anything Else, Plunges Into a River",
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   "incidents_in_category": 59
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  {
   "incident_date": "2025-07-23",
   "location": "Kuruppanthara, Kottayam, Kerala, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Josy Joseph (62) and his wife Sheeba (58)",
   "navigation": "Google Maps directed them to take a flooded, poorly visible road that led directly toward an overflowing stream.",
   "outcome": "The electric car partially submerged in a stream, but the couple safely escaped after opening the doors, and the vehicle was later recovered by locals.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/kerala/kottayam-google-maps-error-leads-electric-car-into-stream-couple-narrowly-escapes-1893448",
   "source_title": "Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes",
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   "incidents_in_category": 59
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  {
   "incident_date": "2025-08",
   "location": "Chittorgarh district, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "a family of nine",
   "navigation": "The driver followed Google Maps directions, driving straight onto a bridge that had been closed for months.",
   "outcome": "A car carrying a family of nine was swept away into the Banas River. Five of the nine people survived by clinging to the roof until they were rescued.",
   "fatalities": 4,
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   "url": "https://vietnam.vn/en/tin-loi-di-theo-google-maps-chi-duong-co-gai-truot-chan-roi-tom-xuong-nuoc",
   "source_title": "Trusting Google Maps directions, the girl slipped and fell into the water.",
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  {
   "incident_date": "2025-08-18",
   "location": "Khao Kheow irrigation canal in village 5, tambon Phayuha Khiri, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "The driver of an electric car",
   "navigation": "The driver was using GPS guidance/navigation, but was unfamiliar with the route and failed to notice the change in the road's surface leading into the canal.",
   "outcome": "The driver managed to exit the vehicle safely before it drifted 50 metres downstream and then sank in water two metres deep.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 3,
   "url": "https://bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3089994/driver-using-gps-plunges-into-irrigation-canal",
   "source_title": "Driver using GPS plunges into irrigation canal",
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   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "2026-01-03",
   "location": "turnaround beneath the bridge at kilometer 72 on Rama 2 Road in Khlong Khon Subdistrict, Mueang District, Samut Songkhram Province, Thailand",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "five passengers inside the vehicle\u2014four women and one man",
   "navigation": "the GPS directed them to turn under the bridge where floodwaters were present",
   "outcome": "the vehicle began floating and the driver quickly opened the door and called for help, narrowly escaping while the passengers and driver were safely rescued",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://en.thairath.co.th/news/local/2905924",
   "source_title": "Highway Police Officer Shares Experience Rescuing Five People After GPS Misled Them Into Deep Floodwaters",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "2026-02-15",
   "location": "The Broomway, Foulness Island, Thames Estuary, near Southend, UK",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Amazon delivery driver / Amazon Prime driver",
   "navigation": "followed a GPS route to take it onto Foulness Island / wonky GPS signal straight into the sea",
   "outcome": "Vehicle became stuck and submerged in mudflats; driver abandoned the van and was safe, and the vehicle was later extracted.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 8,
   "url": "https://dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/amazon-delivery-driver-ditches-van-36678136",
   "source_title": "Amazon delivery driver ditches van after following GPS into sea, MOD firing range",
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  {
   "incident_date": "2026-03-10",
   "location": "desert between Havasu and the southern rim visitor center, Arizona, USA",
   "category": "desert",
   "people": "Amber Vanhecke, 24-year-old college student",
   "navigation": "web-based GPS; steered her onto a cross-country route and directed her into a turn that put her on a faint, washed-out dirt road",
   "outcome": "stranded in the desert for five days, rescued by helicopter, unharmed other than blisters and sun exposure",
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 2,
   "url": "https://explorethecanyon.com/grand-canyon-stranded-desert",
   "source_title": "Grand Canyon: Stranded in the Desert",
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   "incidents_in_category": 25
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "2026-06-16",
   "location": "Preet Vihar area, Hapur district, Uttar Pradesh, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Sahil and four other family members (five members total, including women and children)",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 2,
   "url": "https://timesnownews.com/city/noida/up-family-follows-google-maps-ends-up-in-drain-rescued-after-2-hours-article-154644162",
   "source_title": "UP: Family Follows Google Maps, Ends Up In Drain; Rescued After 2 Hours",
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  {
   "incident_date": "2026-07-01",
   "location": "Kilometre 41, Jalan Kota Bharu-Kuala Krai near Machang, Kelantan, Malaysia",
   "category": "cliff",
   "people": "Five Chinese nationals comprising three men and two women aged between 40 and 66, specifically Wang Fuying (59), Wang Yumi (61), Pan Jieyin (66), Yang Chuan (40), and Zeng Guojin (65)",
   "navigation": "using a navigation app, the vehicle is believed to have entered a culvert construction site still under construction before plunging into a ravine",
   "outcome": "The Toyota Prius plunged into a ravine at a culvert construction site, and all five occupants sustained injuries and were taken to Machang Hospital for further treatment.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 5,
   "url": "https://mexc.com/en-GB/news/1188730",
   "source_title": "Five Chinese nationals injured after car following navigation app plunges into ravine at roadworks in Machang (VIDEO) | MEXC News",
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   "incidents_in_category": 19
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Friday",
   "location": "Batki Doh culvert under Chopna police station limits in Betul, Madhya Pradesh, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Kabir Sindoor and Hansraj Sindoor",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/brothers-rescued-after-car-swept-away-following-map-app-directions-in-betul/articleshow/123607857.cms",
   "source_title": "MP mishap: 2 brothers rescued after car swept off culvert; cops blame Google Maps",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
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  {
   "incident_date": "Friday",
   "location": "Swan Pond, West Yarmouth / West Dennis, Massachusetts, USA",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Daniel Alley",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://thecomeback.com/general/man-real-life-michael-scott-moment-drives-car-pond-gps-told.html",
   "source_title": "Man has real-life Michael Scott moment, drives car into pond while following GPS directions",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Friday morning",
   "location": "Navi Mumbai, near Dhruvatara Jetty, Maharashtra, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "a woman driving solo in an Audi",
   "navigation": "Google Maps incorrectly led her along a route below the bridge that ended at Dhruvatara Jetty instead of directing her onto the Bay Bridge in Belapur",
   "outcome": "The car plunged into water near the Dhruvatara Jetty; the woman was pulled out unharmed using a boat, and a crane was later brought in to retrieve the vehicle.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 4,
   "url": "https://wakeup.sg/navigation-mishap-audi-india",
   "source_title": "Navigation App in Spotlight After Car Falls Into Ditch in India",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "January 12",
   "location": "Lake Champlain, near a local Coast Guard station, Burlington, Vt., United States",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "An unnamed driver and two passengers (friends from out of state driving a borrowed car belonging to Tara Guertin)",
   "navigation": "Google's Waze app provided faulty directions that led the vehicle right off a boat launch near a local Coast Guard station into Lake Champlain.",
   "outcome": "The Jeep sank 100 feet into Lake Champlain and was submerged for 10 days before being retrieved by an underwater salvage company, while the driver and passengers successfully scrambled out of the vehicle and survived.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 29,
   "url": "https://newser.com/story/254526/driver-ends-up-in-lake-champlain-after-using-waze.html",
   "source_title": "Owner on Jeep Ending Up in Lake: 'I Was Speechless'",
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   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Last year",
   "location": "Faridpur, Badaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "three passengers",
   "navigation": "Google's directions led their vehicle onto a damaged bridge",
   "outcome": "Three passengers died after their vehicle fell into a river.",
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 4,
   "url": "https://wakeup.sg/navigation-mishap-audi-india",
   "source_title": "Navigation App in Spotlight After Car Falls Into Ditch in India",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "March 3",
   "location": "River Sense, in Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, UK",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "A 28-year-old woman named Hayley from London",
   "navigation": "Guided her into a river after sending her down a winding track signposted unsuitable for motor vehicles",
   "outcome": "The \u00a396,000 Mercedes SL500 was swept 200 metres downstream, became completely submerged as it filled with water, and stayed in the river for a week until a tow truck extricated it; the driver escaped with assistance and suffered no fatal injuries.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 6,
   "url": "https://theregister.com/2007/03/26/subaquatic_merc",
   "source_title": "Satnav plunges \u00a396k Merc into river",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "May 31",
   "location": "Glen Canyon area, from Big Water to Escalante, Utah, USA",
   "category": "desert",
   "people": "A Pennsylvania couple in their 60s",
   "navigation": "GPS unit in their vehicle advised that they could travel this route",
   "outcome": "Vehicle broke down after oil pan was ripped out and engine seized; couple stranded for four days, extremely dehydrated, kept at hospital overnight for observation",
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "http://poi-factory.com/node/14296",
   "source_title": "I wouldn't have thought it...",
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   "incidents_in_category": 25
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Monday",
   "location": "A tributary of the River Ure near Ripon, Yorkshire, UK",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "A driver, a front-seat passenger, and a dog (group of 2 people and a dog)",
   "navigation": "the sat nav gave directions to cross the river",
   "outcome": "The van became part-submerged in a fast-flowing river, two men and a dog were rescued by fire crews, and the van was later hauled from the river with winches and pulleys.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 3,
   "url": "https://thelondoneconomic.com/tech-auto/automotive/motorist-had-to-be-rescued-after-driving-into-a-fast-flowing-river-because-his-satnav-told-him-to/02/10",
   "source_title": "Motorist had to be rescued after driving into a fast-flowing river because his SATNAV told him to",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Monday",
   "location": "Corjuem ferry ramp, Moira, Goa, India",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Amandeep Singh",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 2,
   "url": "https://autoevolution.com/news/google-maps-user-says-he-was-looking-at-the-map-when-he-drove-directly-into-a-river-260026.html",
   "source_title": "Google Maps User Says He Was \"Looking at the Map\" When He Drove Directly Into a River",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "New Year's Day",
   "location": "near the city of Changzhi in Shanxi Province in northern China",
   "category": "cliff",
   "people": "A truck driver referred to as Mr. Wu from Northern China",
   "navigation": "sat nav device; suggested a shortcut up a narrow mountain pass which was too small for his large truck",
   "outcome": "Lorry dangled 330-350 feet off a cliff, front wheels crashed through guardrails, right side tipped over; driver escaped unharmed in time; lorry pulled to safety by three heavy towing vehicles after three days",
   "fatalities": null,
   "corroborating_pages": 7,
   "url": "https://timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/heart-stopping-video-shows-lorry-dangling-330-ft-off-a-cliff-after-gps-error-takes-it-up-mountain-road/847771",
   "source_title": "Heart-stopping video shows lorry dangling 330-ft off a cliff after GPS error takes it up mountain road",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 19
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "November 19",
   "location": "California-Nevada border near Interstate 15 and Sandy Valley",
   "category": "desert",
   "people": "Shelby Easler of Santa Monica, California, along with her brother, boyfriend, and another friend",
   "navigation": "Google Maps instructed them to take an alternative off-road route off Interstate 15 because of a dust storm, leading them into the Mojave Desert where their car was damaged and they got trapped.",
   "outcome": "Dozens of families were stranded in the desert for hours, forced to navigate a precarious dirt track at speeds under 10 mph, and eventually had to execute a seven-point turn\u2014hitting a cactus, bush, and rock\u2014to escape back out.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 18,
   "url": "https://techspot.com/community/topics/google-maps-error-leads-unsuspecting-travelers-into-the-middle-of-the-mojave-desert.283268",
   "source_title": "Google Maps error leads unsuspecting travelers into the middle of the Mojave desert",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 25
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Saturday evening",
   "location": "Great Dunmow, near one of the A120 junctions, Essex, United Kingdom",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "A man (driver)",
   "navigation": "trusted the directions his satellite navigation system was giving him",
   "outcome": "car almost completely submerged in water; the man got out on his own and sought help",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 1,
   "url": "https://bbcstreaming.pages.dev/news/uk-england-essex-67682212",
   "source_title": "Dunmow driver almost sinks car after following Sat Nav directions",
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  },
  {
   "incident_date": "Saturday night",
   "location": "Isle of Palms Marina, Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "A 70-year-old man and a woman in her 60s (unidentified couple visiting Isle of Palms, South Carolina)",
   "navigation": "GPS navigation system; blind trust in their GPS navigation system's directions, or confusion regarding it",
   "outcome": "SUV went into the sea / marina and partially/fully submerged, but the couple managed to roll their windows down and were rescued by restaurant staff (bartender Johnny Himmelsbach and Cash Luther) before anyone was killed.",
   "fatalities": 0,
   "corroborating_pages": 10,
   "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13866319/couple-rescued-gps-water-south-carolina-restaurant-staff.html",
   "source_title": "Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions",
   "documented_incidents_in_scan": 103,
   "incidents_in_category": 59
  },
  {
   "incident_date": "September 30",
   "location": "River Ure, UK",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Keiren Gibbons and a co-worker",
   "navigation": null,
   "outcome": null,
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   "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/02/man-drove-van-fast-flowing-river-sat-nav-told-10851190/pri_88041945-2",
   "source_title": "Man drove van into fast-flowing River Ure because sat nav told him to",
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   "incident_date": "Sunday just before 8 p.m.",
   "location": "Lewis Court, Washingtonville, Hudson Valley, New York, United States",
   "category": "cliff",
   "people": "31-year-old Preston Hartley of Georgia",
   "navigation": "led him to drive straight into the trees while following GPS",
   "outcome": "drove straight off the end of the roadway into several trees, narrowly missing Moodna Creek; driver transported to hospital for minor injuries and arrested",
   "fatalities": 0,
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   "url": "https://hudsonvalleypost.com/police-drunk-man-follows-gps-hits-trees-nearly-drives-off-cliff",
   "source_title": "Police: Drunk Man Follows GPS, Hits Trees, Nearly Drives Off Cliff",
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   "incident_date": "Sunday morning",
   "location": "Buffumville Lake in Charlton, Massachusetts",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "A man (driver)",
   "navigation": "GPS; followed his GPS into Buffumville Lake",
   "outcome": "The driver managed to escape the vehicle on his own and was taken to a Worcester hospital with non-life-threatening injuries; the car was completely submerged in about 8 to 10 feet of water and was later recovered.",
   "fatalities": null,
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   "url": "https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/03/15/man-following-gps-navigation-drives-car-into-charlton-lake/",
   "source_title": "Man following GPS navigation drives car into Charlton lake",
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   "location": "Komati river near Kruger National Park in South Africa",
   "category": "water",
   "people": "Mike Turner, 56",
   "navigation": "The satnav app caused him to take a wrong turn instead of the N4 highway bridge, taking the shortest route",
   "outcome": "Vehicle ended up flooded in the river; Turner survived a 15-hour ordeal clinging to his car among crocodiles, was later treated for dehydration, hunger, and shock, and was airlifted to safety.",
   "fatalities": 0,
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   "url": "https://gbnews.com/news/world/south-africa-news-british-safari-guide-crocodile-satnav",
   "source_title": "South Africa news: British safari guide, 56, survives clinging to car in crocodile-infested waters after driving off bridge following satnav",
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   "incident_date": "this week",
   "location": "Vietnam",
   "category": "water",
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   "url": "https://autoevolution.com/news/driver-ignores-locals-follows-google-maps-car-carrying-5-swept-away-by-floodwater-253385.html",
   "source_title": "Driver Ignores Locals, Follows Google Maps, Car Carrying 5 Swept Away by Floodwater",
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  "A set-operation branch with semantic calls ran as its own pass; its output is saved as result set r711368fc2e3 (507 rows) \u2014 query FROM r711368fc2e3 to reuse it without re-running the extraction."
 ]
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