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"url": "https://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/05/death-by-gps", "title": "Death by GPS - Ars Technica", "published_at": "2016-05-03T11:00:38", "incident_date": "2011-03", "place": "high desert, Jarbidge Mountains, Nevada, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Albert Chretien and Rita Chretien", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Cars", "Death by GPS", "One early morning in March 2011, Albert Chretien and his wife, Rita, loaded their Chevrolet Astro van and drove away from their home in Penticton, British Columbia." ], "place_evidence": [ "Cars", "Death by GPS", "If Albert had been navigating the route in the daytime, he might have noticed that it was taking them through the high desert as it rose toward shimmering snowy peaks in the distance." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Cars", "Death by GPS", "One early morning in March 2011, Albert Chretien and his wife, Rita, loaded their 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"Cars", "Death by GPS", "In the summer of 2009, Alicia Sanchez, a twenty-eight-year-old nurse, was driving through the park with her six-year-old son, Carlos, when her GPS directed her onto a vaguely defined road that she followed for 20 miles, unaware that it had no outlet." ] }, { "url": "https://worldnewsblogx.blogspot.com/2011/02/death-by-gps-in-california-desert.html", "title": "World News Blogspot: 'Death by GPS' in California desert", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2009-08", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Alicia Sanchez and Carlos Sanchez", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Five harrowing days after becoming stuck on a remote backcountry road in Death Valley National Park in August 2009, Alicia Sanchez lay down next to her Jeep Cherokee and prepared to die." ], "place_evidence": [ "Five harrowing days after becoming stuck on a remote backcountry road in Death Valley National Park in 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in([Amazon](https://methodshop.com/amazon) link) [Death Valley National Park](https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=death+valley+national+park&sprefix=Death+Valley+National+Park,aps,700&crid=C1A9DKOQ9CA6&linkCode=ll2&tag=methodshopcom&linkId=2fbc4b1ec21da29fce9b7f9ed1191ef1), that\u2019s more than enough time to die." ] }, { "url": "https://grunge.com/762177/terrifying-real-life-examples-of-death-by-gps", "title": "Terrifying Real-Life Examples Of Death By GPS", "published_at": "2022-02-09T17:29:58", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Death Valley, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Carlos and Alicia Sanchez", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Terrifying Real-Life Examples Of Death By GPS", "A camping trip turns deadly for a lost little boy", "One such journey turned fatal for a 6-year-old boy named Carlos who got lost in Death Valley with his mother Alicia Sanchez in 2009 (via [Method 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"gps_role": null, "victims": "Donna Cooper, Gina, and a friend", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# INLAND: GPS errors can have dire consequences", "The trio became lost on side roads after visiting Scotty\u2019s Castle and turned on their handheld GPS, trying to find their way home to Pahrump, Nev., in July last year." ], "place_evidence": [ "# INLAND: GPS errors can have dire consequences", "A summer day trip to Death Valley National Park nearly turned deadly for retired farmer Donna Cooper and her companions, who meandered over unmarked, dirt roads at the behest of their navigation system before running out of gas and becoming stranded far from civilization.", "The trio became lost on side roads after visiting Scotty\u2019s Castle and turned on their handheld GPS, trying to find their way home to Pahrump, Nev., in July last year." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# INLAND: GPS errors can have dire consequences", "A 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an overnight camping trip." ], "place_evidence": [ "# INLAND: GPS errors can have dire consequences", "In August 2009, a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy died in Death Valley\u2019s intense heat after he and his mother became stranded while following GPS directions on an overnight camping trip.", "They ended up 25 miles down an unmarked dirt road in the southwest corner of the park, about 20 miles east of the remote town of Trona." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# INLAND: GPS errors can have dire consequences", "In August 2009, a 6-year-old Las Vegas boy died in Death Valley\u2019s intense heat after he and his mother became stranded while following GPS directions on an overnight camping trip.", "The mother, Alicia Sanchez, then 28, couldn\u2019t get a cellphone signal and didn\u2019t have a paper map." ] }, { "url": "https://geographyrealm.com/why-do-we-blindly-follow-our-gps", "title": "Why Do We Blindly Follow Our 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Consider the following examples:", "In 2012, three Japanese tourists in [Australia](https://www.geographyrealm.com/unique-features-australasian-geographic-zone/) drove into the Pacific Ocean after their GPS told them to." ], "place_evidence": [ "Around the world, there is ample evidence that GPS navigation is not foolproof. Consider the following examples:", "In 2012, three Japanese tourists in [Australia](https://www.geographyrealm.com/unique-features-australasian-geographic-zone/) drove into the Pacific Ocean after their GPS told them to.", "The students were trying to reach North Stradbroke Island but the GPS forgot to mention the 9 miles of water between it and the mainland." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://geographyrealm.com/why-do-we-blindly-follow-our-gps", "title": "Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?", "published_at": "2015-07-30T16:36:07", "incident_date": null, "place": "Santa Fe, New Mexico, outside", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Norman Sussman", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Around the world, there is ample evidence that GPS navigation is not foolproof. 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Consider the following examples:", "In 2011, a Canadian couple got lost in the Nevada wilderness after following their GPS to a dead end.", "Rita Chretian stayed with their vehicle while her husband Albert went for help.", "Rita was found alive after seven-and-a-half weeks but her husband did not survive." ] }, { "url": "https://geographyrealm.com/why-do-we-blindly-follow-our-gps", "title": "Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?", "published_at": "2015-07-30T16:36:07", "incident_date": null, "place": "California's Death Valley, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a mother and son", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Around the world, there is ample evidence that GPS navigation is not foolproof. Consider the following examples:", "In a similar situation, a mother and son went on a camping trip in California\u2019s Death Valley." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Around the world, there is ample evidence that GPS navigation is not foolproof. Consider the following examples:", "In a similar situation, a mother and son went on a camping trip in California\u2019s Death Valley." ] }, { "url": "https://geographyrealm.com/why-do-we-blindly-follow-our-gps", "title": "Why Do We Blindly Follow Our GPS?", "published_at": "2015-07-30T16:36:07", "incident_date": null, "place": "Chicago, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a woman and her husband", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Around the world, there is ample evidence that GPS navigation is not foolproof. Consider the following examples:", "Across the country in Chicago, a woman was killed after her husband drove off a partly demolished bridge following the instructions of their GPS." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Around the world, there is ample evidence that GPS navigation is not foolproof. Consider the following examples:", "Across the country in Chicago, a woman was killed after her husband drove off a partly demolished bridge following the instructions of their GPS." ] }, { "url": "https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135503062300028X", "title": "The final destination: Incorporating 'Death by GPS' into forensic and legal sciences", "published_at": "2023-05-12T00:00:00", "incident_date": "2009", "place": null, "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "an English man", "incident_date_evidence": [ "For example, in 2009, an English man almost plunged to his death when his car went over a cliff [3].", "## Introduction", "While GPS is designed to assist motorists in arriving at their desired destinations, it does not guarantee a safe arrival." ], "place_evidence": null, "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "For example, in 2009, an English man almost plunged to his death when his car went over a cliff [3].", "## Introduction", "While GPS is designed to assist motorists in arriving at their desired destinations, it does not guarantee a safe arrival." ] }, { "url": "https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135503062300028X", "title": "The final destination: Incorporating 'Death by GPS' into forensic and legal sciences", "published_at": "2023-05-12T00:00:00", "incident_date": "2012", "place": "Moreton Bay, Australia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "three Japanese tourists", "incident_date_evidence": [ "In 2012, three Japanese tourists drove their rental car into Moreton Bay while on vacation in Australia [4].", "## Introduction", "While GPS is designed to assist motorists in arriving at their desired destinations, it does not guarantee a safe arrival." ], "place_evidence": [ "In 2012, three Japanese tourists drove their rental car into Moreton Bay while on vacation in Australia [4].", "## Introduction", "While GPS is designed to assist motorists in arriving at their desired destinations, it does not guarantee a safe arrival." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "In 2012, three Japanese tourists drove their rental car into Moreton Bay while on vacation in Australia [4].", "## Introduction", "While GPS is designed to assist motorists in arriving at their desired destinations, it does not guarantee a safe arrival." ] }, { "url": "https://india.com/viral/suv-driver-blindly-follows-gps-falls-in-to-icy-lake-2863818", "title": "SUV Driver Blindly Follows GPS, Falls In To Icy Lake", "published_at": "2018-01-26T10:10:40", "incident_date": null, "place": "Lake Champlain, Vermont, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# SUV Driver Blindly Follows GPS, Falls In To Icy Lake", "In an alarming incident, a man blindly followed GPS and drove his SUV into a frozen lake in the northeastern state of Vermont, USA.", "Tara Guertin\u2019s friend Mike Czarny took to Facebook and wrote: \u201cMy friend Tara Guertin\u2019s Jeep being pulled out of Lake Champlain today. Damn GPS!!!\u201d Here is the Facebook post:" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://express.co.uk/travel/articles/1047271/google-maps-arizona-grand-canyon-lost-woman", "title": "Google Maps: Wrong directions leave young woman stranded in Arizona desert for FIVE days", "published_at": "2018-11-19T14:17:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Arizona's Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Amber VanHecke", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Google Maps: Woman stranded for FIVE days in Arizona desert when GPS gave wrong directions", "Amber VanHecke, a 24-year-old Texas student in the [USA](/latest/united-states), headed off on a road trip in Arizona's Grand Canyon using Google Maps for directions.", "Amber had inputted Havasu Falls Trail Head in Supai, Arizona, into her Google Maps." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Google Maps: Woman stranded for FIVE days in Arizona desert when GPS gave wrong directions", "Amber VanHecke, a 24-year-old Texas student in the [USA](/latest/united-states), headed off on a road trip in Arizona's Grand Canyon using Google Maps for directions." ] }, { "url": "http://methodshop.com/2016/12/death-by-gps.shtml", "title": "5 Tragic Death By GPS Stories", "published_at": "2021-06-18T12:20:54", "incident_date": "2011-03", "place": "Mountain City, Nevada, USA (departed Penticton, British Columbia, Canada)", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Albert Chretien and Rita Chretien", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Here\u2019s a collection of tragic death by GPS stories of when bad GPS directions resulted in the death of innocent travelers.", "### GPS Takes Couple On A Deadly Scenic Route", "In March of 2011, Albert and Rita Chretien left Penticton, British Columbia, in their Chevrolet Astro Van." ], "place_evidence": [ "Here\u2019s a collection of tragic death by GPS stories of when bad GPS directions resulted in the death of innocent travelers.", "### GPS Takes Couple On A Deadly Scenic Route", "Rita would later tell rescuers that they tried to use their GPS to find Mountain City, Nevada, but the device led them onto a dangerous and remote road high in the desert mountains." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Here\u2019s a collection of tragic death by GPS stories of when bad GPS directions resulted in the death of innocent travelers.", "### GPS Takes Couple On A Deadly Scenic Route", "In March of 2011, Albert and Rita Chretien left Penticton, British Columbia, in their Chevrolet Astro Van." ] }, { "url": "http://methodshop.com/2016/12/death-by-gps.shtml", "title": "5 Tragic Death By GPS Stories", "published_at": "2021-06-18T12:20:54", "incident_date": "2009-08", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Alicia Sanchez and Carlos Sanchez", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Here\u2019s a collection of tragic death by GPS stories of when bad GPS directions resulted in the death of innocent travelers.", "## Death By GPS Death Valley Detour", "When a park ranger came across her incapacitated car in August 2009, the first thing Alicia said to him was, \u201cmy baby is dead.\u201d" ], "place_evidence": [ "Here\u2019s a collection of tragic death by GPS stories of when bad GPS directions resulted in the death of innocent travelers.", "## Death By GPS Death Valley Detour", "Alicia Sanchez and her 6-year-old son Carlos were only lost for five days, but in([Amazon](https://methodshop.com/amazon) link) [Death Valley National Park](https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=death+valley+national+park&sprefix=Death+Valley+National+Park,aps,700&crid=C1A9DKOQ9CA6&linkCode=ll2&tag=methodshopcom&linkId=2fbc4b1ec21da29fce9b7f9ed1191ef1), that\u2019s more than enough time to die." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Here\u2019s a collection of tragic death by GPS stories of when bad GPS directions resulted in the death of innocent travelers.", "## Death By GPS Death Valley Detour", "Alicia Sanchez and her 6-year-old son Carlos were only lost for five days, but in([Amazon](https://methodshop.com/amazon) link) [Death Valley National Park](https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=death+valley+national+park&sprefix=Death+Valley+National+Park,aps,700&crid=C1A9DKOQ9CA6&linkCode=ll2&tag=methodshopcom&linkId=2fbc4b1ec21da29fce9b7f9ed1191ef1), that\u2019s more than enough time to die." ] 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"title": "Death by GPS", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2021-09", "place": "a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a North Carolina man", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS", "## Incidents", "- In September 2021, a North Carolina man died after a GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek.[10][11]" ], "place_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS", "## Incidents", "- In September 2021, a North Carolina man died after a GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek.[10][11]" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS", "## Incidents", "- In September 2021, a North Carolina man died after a GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek.[10][11]" ] }, { "url": "https://brenthecht.com/publications/chi17_deathbygps.pdf", "title": "SIGCHI Conference Paper Format", "published_at": 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"place_evidence": [ "**![](gps.jpg)The GPS:**\n\n**Friend or Foe of Desert Caves?**", "The friendly female voice of their car GPS led them 40 kilometers along an unmaintained road in a wildlife refuge until they got totally bogged down in snow." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "**![](gps.jpg)The GPS:**\n\n**Friend or Foe of Desert Caves?**", "A case in point is the tale of John and Starry Rhoads, an Oregon couple in their 60\u2019s, who, according to Canada\u2019s Globe and Mail, spent three days stuck in the woods when their talking GPS directed them down a remote forest road on Christmas day, 2009." ] }, { "url": "http://saudicaves.com/gps", "title": "The GPS and Desert Caves:pros and cons for Saudi Arabia", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": null, "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a British woman", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": null, "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "**![](gps.jpg)The GPS:**\n\n**Friend or Foe of Desert Caves?**", "The Rhoads were more fortunate than a British woman who drove her $200,000 Mercedes into a river while following GPS directions." ] }, { "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-15759071/Veteran-76-rescued-desert-four-days-reveals-action-saved-him.html", "title": "Veteran, 76, rescued from the desert after four days reveals last resort action that saved him", "published_at": "2026-04-24T05:51:48", "incident_date": "2026-04-16", "place": "Bloody Basin Road off Interstate 17, near Cordes Lakes, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mark Eric Young", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Veteran, 76, rescued from the desert after four days reveals last resort action that saved him", "On April 16, Young - an Arizona native and experienced hiker - decided to extend his trip after attending a wedding in town, opting for a short solo camping excursion after his wife flew home." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Veteran, 76, rescued from the desert after four days reveals last resort action that saved him", "Mark Eric Young, 76, was reported missing after he failed to show up for a family dinner last week, a day after he had set out on a solo camping trip along Bloody Basin Road off Interstate 17, according to [Arizona's Family](https://www.azfamily.com/2026/04/20/camper-missing-4-days-found-alive-northern-arizona-family-says/).\n\nA faulty GPS left him stranded in rugged terrain, where he resorted to extreme survival measures - including drinking his own urine - while family" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Veteran, 76, rescued from the desert after four days reveals last resort action that saved him", "Mark Eric Young, 76, was reported missing after he failed to show up for a family dinner last week, a day after he had set out on a solo camping trip along Bloody Basin Road off Interstate 17, according to [Arizona's Family](https://www.azfamily.com/2026/04/20/camper-missing-4-days-found-alive-northern-arizona-family-says/).\n\nA faulty GPS left him stranded in rugged terrain, where he resorted to extreme survival measures - including drinking his own urine - while family" ] }, { "url": "https://bleav.com/shows/the-crux-true-survival-stories/episodes/9-days-stranded-in-the-nevada-wilderness-the-wrong-turn-that-took-a-life-e-240", "title": "The CRUX: True Survival Stories: 9 Days Stranded in the Nevada Wilderness; The Wrong Turn That Took a Life | E240", "published_at": "2026-06-08T11:00:00", "incident_date": "2022-03-27", "place": "Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Ronnie and Beverly Barker", "incident_date_evidence": [ "On March 27, 2022, Ronnie and Beverly Barker were on a road trip they had made a dozen times before \u2014 from Oregon, heading south through Nevada toward Tucson, Arizona to meet friends." ], "place_evidence": [ "On March 27, 2022, Ronnie and Beverly Barker were on a road trip they had made a dozen times before \u2014 from Oregon, heading south through Nevada toward Tucson, Arizona to meet friends.", "Their RV became stuck in gravel and sand at over 7,700 feet elevation in one of the most remote corners of Nevada, and then their escape vehicle got stuck too." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "On March 27, 2022, Ronnie and Beverly Barker were on a road trip they had made a dozen times before \u2014 from Oregon, heading south through Nevada toward Tucson, Arizona to meet friends.", "Meet Ronnie and Beverly" ] }, { "url": "https://everything.explained.today/Death_by_GPS", "title": "Death by GPS explained", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2011-03", "place": "northern Nevada, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a couple from British Columbia", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS explained", "## Incidents", "- In March 2011, a couple from British Columbia died after being led off course by their GPS in northern Nevada.[9]" ], "place_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS explained", "## Incidents", "- In March 2011, a couple from British Columbia died after being led off course by their GPS in northern Nevada.[9]" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS explained", "## Incidents", "- In March 2011, a couple from British Columbia died after being led off course by their GPS in northern Nevada.[9]" ] }, { "url": "https://everything.explained.today/Death_by_GPS", "title": "Death by GPS explained", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2022-09", "place": "North Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a North Carolina man", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS explained", "## Incidents", "- In September 2022, a North Carolina man died after a GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek.[10] [11] [12]" ], "place_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS explained", "## Incidents", "- In September 2022, a North Carolina man died after a GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek.[10] [11] [12]" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Death by GPS explained", "## Incidents", "- In September 2022, a North Carolina man died after a GPS led him to a defunct bridge that dropped off into a creek.[10] [11] [12]" ] }, { "url": "https://meaww.com/family-of-four-who-went-missing-after-getting-diverted-by-gps-found-after-2-days-deserted-location", "title": "Family of four who went missing after getting diverted by GPS found after 2 days deserted location", "published_at": "2022-08-11T09:28:36", "incident_date": "2022-08-07", "place": "southeast Tibooburra, New South Wales, Australia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Darian Aspinall, two children aged two and four, and Lead Gooding", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Family of four who went missing in the OUTBACK after GPS error found after 2 days", "Between 12:30 pm and 3 pm on Sunday, August 7, the family departed the Noccundra Hotel on Warry Gate Road in Queensland." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Family of four who went missing in the OUTBACK after GPS error found after 2 days", "TIBOOBURRA, NEW SOUTH WALES: Darian Aspinall, 27, her two young children, aged two and four, and their grandmother, Lead Gooding, 50, were on a mission to shift states from Queensland to Adelaide.", "[A helicopter crew](https://meaww.com/video-shows-woman-in-car-stuck-at-edge-of-niagara-falls-froze-to-death-before-rescue) located the family on Tuesday, August 9, after spotting their car on a dirt road in southeast Tibooburra, in far-northwest NSW." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Family of four who went missing in the OUTBACK after GPS error found after 2 days", "TIBOOBURRA, NEW SOUTH WALES: Darian Aspinall, 27, her two young children, aged two and four, and their grandmother, Lead Gooding, 50, were on a mission to shift states from Queensland to Adelaide." ] }, { "url": "https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/03/15/man-following-gps-navigation-drives-car-into-charlton-lake/", "title": "Man following GPS navigation drives car into Charlton lake", "published_at": "2021-03-15T12:44:42", "incident_date": "Sunday morning", "place": "Buffumville Lake in Charlton, Massachusetts", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Man following GPS navigation drives car into Charlton lake", "Divers were called to Buffumville Lake in Charlton on Sunday morning after a man drove his car into the water while following his GPS navigation, officials said." ], "place_evidence": [ "Man following GPS navigation drives car into Charlton lake", "Divers were called to Buffumville Lake in Charlton on Sunday morning after a man drove his car into the water while following his GPS navigation, officials said." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/sat-nav-leaves-bmw-left-teetering-on-cliff-edge-68", "title": "Sat nav leaves BMW left teetering on cliff edge", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": null, "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": null, "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "A driver is facing a careless driving charge after his sat-nav left his BMW teetering on the edge of a cliff (Mirror).", "Robert Jones said he trusted the gadget and continued to follow its instructions, even when it took him up a steep, narrow footpath." ] }, { "url": "https://ndtv.com/offbeat/amazon-delivery-deliver-drives-van-into-water-following-gps-in-britain-11012966", "title": "Amazon Delivery Deliver Drives Van Into Water Following GPS In Britain", "published_at": "2026-02-17T01:23:20", "incident_date": "2026-02-15", "place": "The Broomway, Essex, Great Wakering, Britain", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Amazon Delivery Deliver Drives Van Into Water Following GPS In Britain", "An Amazon delivery van became stuck on the historic Broomway path in Essex after the driver followed GPS instructions into rising tide waters.", "An Amazon driver was forced to abandon their van on Sunday (Feb 15) after following GPS directions straight into the rising tide of the Broomway." ], "place_evidence": [ "Amazon Delivery Deliver Drives Van Into Water Following GPS In Britain", "An Amazon delivery van became stuck on the historic Broomway path in Essex after the driver followed GPS instructions into rising tide waters.", "HM Coastguard Southend responded to the scene at Great Wakering after the vehicle became submerged in the mudflats." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://motorauthority.com/news/1032658_sat-nav-strikes-again-uk-driver-nearly-goes-off-cliff-following-gps-directions", "title": "Sat nav strikes again: UK driver nearly goes off cliff following GPS directions", "published_at": "2009-03-26T03:42:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "When your GPS system tells you to drive down an unpaved, three-foot-wide path, perhaps it's time to pull to the side of the road, get your bearings and maybe - just maybe - even ask for directions.", "But Robert Jones of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the UK, didn't do that." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "When your GPS system tells you to drive down an unpaved, three-foot-wide path, perhaps it's time to pull to the side of the road, get your bearings and maybe - just maybe - even ask for directions.", "But Robert Jones of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the UK, didn't do that." ] }, { "url": "https://nypost.com/2024/09/19/us-news/tourists-drive-into-the-sea-while-following-gps-directions", "title": "Tourists drive SUV into the sea while following GPS directions, saved by 'angel' bartender who jumped in", "published_at": "2024-09-19T16:23:18", "incident_date": "Saturday night", "place": "Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "You\u2019ve arrived \u2014 in deep water!", "The man and woman, both in their 60s, were leaving 71 Seafood restaurant in the beachside town of Isle of Palms on Saturday night, when they steered their SUV onto a boat ramp and went splashing into the sea, according to local police." ], "place_evidence": [ "You\u2019ve arrived \u2014 in deep water!", "A couple following GPS directions accidentally drove straight into a marina in South Carolina \u2014 and had to be pulled from the sinking vehicle by a brave bartender, according to cops and witnesses.", "The man and woman, both in their 60s, were leaving 71 Seafood restaurant in the beachside town of Isle of Palms on Saturday night, when they steered their SUV onto a boat ramp and went splashing into the sea, according to local police." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://sedonaeye.com/gps-directions-strand-desert-travelers", "title": "GPS Directions Strand Desert Travelers", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2016-03-07", "place": "near Alamo Lake, Arizona, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Sedona AZ (March 9, 2016)", "On March 7, 2016, at 11:20 in the evening, the **Yavapai County Sheriff\u2019s Office** was notified that a family of four, a male and female adult along with their children, ages 4 and 1\u00bd years, were lost and stranded near Alamo Lake." ], "place_evidence": [ "Sedona AZ (March 9, 2016)", "On March 7, 2016, at 11:20 in the evening, the **Yavapai County Sheriff\u2019s Office** was notified that a family of four, a male and female adult along with their children, ages 4 and 1\u00bd years, were lost and stranded near Alamo Lake." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13866319/couple-rescued-gps-water-south-carolina-restaurant-staff.html", "title": "Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "published_at": "2024-09-18T23:58:41", "incident_date": null, "place": "Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "A couple who accidently drove into water after following wrong GPS directions were saved by heroic restaurant workers in South Carolina.", "Employees from Islander 71 Seafood restaurant and bar in Isle of Palms quickly jumped into action after the couple, who were vacationing in the city, drove into a nearby marina Saturday around 10.30pm." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13866319/couple-rescued-gps-water-south-carolina-restaurant-staff.html", "title": "Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "published_at": "2024-09-18T23:58:41", "incident_date": "2023", "place": "Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "In 2023, two tourists [drove straight into Honokohau Harbor,](/news/article-12046603/Tourists-follow-GPS-directions-straight-sea-Hawaii-rescued.html) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii after listening to GPS directions." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "In 2023, two tourists [drove straight into Honokohau Harbor,](/news/article-12046603/Tourists-follow-GPS-directions-straight-sea-Hawaii-rescued.html) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii after listening to GPS directions." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://cultivatedcomfort.com/couples-road-trip-turns-stressful-after-gps-sends-them-down-remote-dirt-roads-with-no-cell-service", "title": "Couple\u2019s Road Trip Turns Stressful After GPS Sends Them Down Remote Dirt Roads With No Cell Service", "published_at": "2026-03-08T13:00:52", "incident_date": "Christmas", "place": "Eastern Oregon's high desert, Oregon, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "A Nevada couple using their Toyota Sequoia\u2019s GPS system got stuck in snow after [the device directed them down a Forest Service road](https://spectrum.ieee.org/different-couples-follow-gps-directions-into-trouble-in-oregon) in Eastern Oregon\u2019s high desert on Christmas.", "### Getting Stuck on Remote Forest Roads" ], "place_evidence": [ "A Nevada couple using their Toyota Sequoia\u2019s GPS system got stuck in snow after [the device directed them down a Forest Service road](https://spectrum.ieee.org/different-couples-follow-gps-directions-into-trouble-in-oregon) in Eastern Oregon\u2019s high desert on Christmas.", "### Getting Stuck on Remote Forest Roads" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://cultivatedcomfort.com/couples-road-trip-turns-stressful-after-gps-sends-them-down-remote-dirt-roads-with-no-cell-service", "title": "Couple\u2019s Road Trip Turns Stressful After GPS Sends Them Down Remote Dirt Roads With No Cell Service", "published_at": "2026-03-08T13:00:52", "incident_date": "Christmas Eve", "place": 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"hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "![Man Blindly Following GPS Drives Jeep Into Icy Lake](https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-01/car-gps-falls-into-lake-650_650x400_41516860295.jpg?downsize=773:435)", "The trio -- friends from out of state driving a borrowed car -- escaped unharmed, local media and police in the city of Burlington said in their report of the January 12 incident." ], "place_evidence": [ "![Man Blindly Following GPS Drives Jeep Into Icy Lake](https://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2018-01/car-gps-falls-into-lake-650_650x400_41516860295.jpg?downsize=773:435)", "**Washington, United States:** Technology won't always save us.", "A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an SUV with two passengers on board into an icy lake in the northeastern state of Vermont, local police said.", "The trio -- friends from out of state driving a borrowed car -- escaped unharmed, local media and police in the city of Burlington said in their report of the January 12 incident.", "The vehicle initially slid, but the ice on the surface of Lake Champlain quickly cracked and the Jeep sank." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://ksl.com/article/46705176/i-dont-know-how-they-did-it-man-son-walk-20-miles-for-help-after-family-is-stranded-by-bad-gps-directions", "title": "\u2018I don\u2019t know how they did it\u2019; Man, son walk 20 miles for help after family is stranded by bad GPS directions", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2020-01-06", "place": "Arizona Strip, just south of St. George, Mohave County, Arizona, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "The incident was reported at 7 p.m. on Jan. 6 when the Mohave County Sheriff\u2019s emergency dispatch received a call from a man who reported that he and his family were stranded after their vehicle became stuck in a remote location just south of St. George, according to a statement released by Rachel Carnahan with the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s Arizona Strip District." ], "place_evidence": [ "ST. GEORGE \u2014 A family of five was rescued after a father and son walked more than 20 miles to find help, triggering a multi-agency response that searched for the group who had been stranded in mud and snow along the Arizona Strip last week.", "The incident was reported at 7 p.m. on Jan. 6 when the Mohave County Sheriff\u2019s emergency dispatch received a call from a man who reported that he and his family were stranded after their vehicle became stuck in a remote location just south of St. George, according to a statement released by Rachel Carnahan with the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s Arizona Strip District." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/groups/roadtreking/posts/3045511672274458/", "title": "RV Lifestyle Group | An elderly couple was stranded in Nevada\u2019s high desert when the GPS routed their RV through backroads | Facebook", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": "Nevada's high desert, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "An elderly couple was stranded in Nevada\u2019s high desert when the GPS routed their RV through backroads." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "http://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster", "title": "8 drivers who blindly followed their GPS into disaster", "published_at": "2013-05-08T01:39:00", "incident_date": "2012-03", "place": "North Stradbroke Island, near Brisbane, Australia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Three Japanese tourists in [Australia](https://theweek.com/tag/australia)[used their GPS](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/gps-tracking-disaster-japanese-tourists-drive-straight-into-the-pacific) to plan a drive to North Stradbroke Island, just off the coast of the eastern city of Brisbane.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ], "place_evidence": [ "Three Japanese tourists in [Australia](https://theweek.com/tag/australia)[used their GPS](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/gps-tracking-disaster-japanese-tourists-drive-straight-into-the-pacific) to plan a drive to North Stradbroke Island, just off the coast of the eastern city of Brisbane.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "http://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster", "title": "8 drivers who blindly followed their GPS into disaster", "published_at": "2013-05-08T01:39:00", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "West Yorkshire, England", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "In 2009, Robert Jones' reliance on his satellite navigation system nearly got the [best of him](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164705/BMW-left-teetering-100ft-cliff-edge-sat-nav-directs-driver-steep-footpath.html) when he was driving in West Yorkshire, England.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ], "place_evidence": [ "In 2009, Robert Jones' reliance on his satellite navigation system nearly got the [best of him](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164705/BMW-left-teetering-100ft-cliff-edge-sat-nav-directs-driver-steep-footpath.html) when he was driving in West Yorkshire, England.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "In 2009, Robert Jones' reliance on his satellite navigation system nearly got the [best of him](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1164705/BMW-left-teetering-100ft-cliff-edge-sat-nav-directs-driver-steep-footpath.html) when he was driving in West Yorkshire, England.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ] }, { "url": "http://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster", "title": "8 drivers who blindly followed their GPS into disaster", "published_at": "2013-05-08T01:39:00", "incident_date": "2011", "place": "Bellevue, Washington, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "In 2011, three women visiting Bellevue, Wash., were out after midnight, unable to find their way back to their hotel.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ], "place_evidence": [ "In 2011, three women visiting Bellevue, Wash., were out after midnight, unable to find their way back to their hotel.", "\"The machine knows where it's going!\" [yells Michael Scott](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIakZtDmMgo) in an episode of *The Office*, before driving his car directly into a lake." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://news.yahoo.com/restaurant-staff-rescues-couple-drove-182959232.html", "title": "Restaurant Staff Rescues Couple Who Drove into Water After Getting Confused by GPS Directions", "published_at": "2024-09-18T18:29:59", "incident_date": "2024-09-14", "place": "Isle of Palms Marina, South Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Restaurant Staff Rescues Couple Who Drove into Water After Getting Confused by GPS Directions", "Shortly before 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 14, employees at Islander 71, a dockside restaurant on Isle of Palms, heard a splash and realized a car had gone into the water, the Isle of Palms Police Department tells PEOPLE." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Restaurant Staff Rescues Couple Who Drove into Water After Getting Confused by GPS Directions", "Employees at a barrier island restaurant in South Carolina acted fast after an out-of-town couple confused by GPS directions drove their SUV straight into a marina.", "The couple accidentally drove the vehicle through the marina parking lot, down the boat ramp and into Morgan Creek directly behind the Isle of Palms Marina, he tells PEOPLE." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-13866319/couple-rescued-gps-water-south-carolina-restaurant-staff.html", "title": "Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "published_at": "2024-09-18T23:58:41", "incident_date": "2024", "place": "Isle of Palms marina, South Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Couple accidentally drive into water and have to be rescued by South Carolina restaurant staff after following wrong GPS directions", "Employees from Islander 71 Seafood restaurant and bar in Isle of Palms quickly jumped into action after the couple, who were 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"victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "In 2023, two tourists [drove straight into Honokohau Harbor,](/news/article-12046603/Tourists-follow-GPS-directions-straight-sea-Hawaii-rescued.html) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii after listening to GPS directions." ], "place_evidence": [ "In 2023, two tourists [drove straight into Honokohau Harbor,](/news/article-12046603/Tourists-follow-GPS-directions-straight-sea-Hawaii-rescued.html) in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii after listening to GPS directions." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Survival/comments/88qwh8/in_2017_college_woman_stranded_in_middle_of/", "title": "In 2017, college woman stranded in middle of Arizona desert, survives 5 days. Made some mistakes and some good decisions.", "published_at": "2018-04-01T13:50:37", "incident_date": "2017-03", "place": "Indian Reservation, Arizona, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a college student from Denton", "incident_date_evidence": [ "http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39365929", "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/denton/2017/03/22/stranded-5-days-arizona-wilderness-denton-woman-hikes-11-miles-call-help" ], "place_evidence": [ "Long video (9 minutes), but in summary, the college student followed her GPS across an Indian Reservation (near but not in the Grand Canyon NP) and was running out of gas with no cell coverage." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Long video (9 minutes), but in summary, the college student followed her GPS across an Indian Reservation (near but not in the Grand Canyon NP) and was running out of gas with no cell coverage.", "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/denton/2017/03/22/stranded-5-days-arizona-wilderness-denton-woman-hikes-11-miles-call-help" ] }, { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/foxcarolinanews/posts/the-driver-told-police-that-they-were-following-their-gps-when-the-system-guided/709104774590518/", "title": "The driver told police that they were...", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": "the woods", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "The driver told police that they were following their GPS when the system guided them into a body of water in the woods" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://983thesnake.com/faulty-gps-reading-leaves-driver-stranded-in-idaho-desert", "title": "Faulty GPS Reading Leaves Driver Stranded in Idaho Desert", "published_at": "2023-06-01T14:48:03", "incident_date": null, "place": "desert", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A few years ago, a confused couple got stuck in the desert.", "A car abandoned on a remote southern Idaho trail is now being towed to Nevada." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://kslnewsradio.com/utah/rescue-finds-family-stranded-by-bad-gps-directions-near-arizona-strip/1917820", "title": "Rescue finds family stranded by bad GPS directions near Arizona Strip - KSLNewsRadio", "published_at": "2020-01-16T19:12:37", "incident_date": "2020-01", "place": "Arizona Strip, near Black Rock Mountain and Lime Kiln Canyon area, Arizona, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Rescue finds family stranded by bad GPS directions near Arizona Strip", "Jan 16, 2020, 12:12 PM | Updated: 2:17 pm", "The BLM Arizona Strip Field Office [says](https://www.blm.gov/press-release/bureau-land-management-and-national-park-service-rangers%E2%80%99-work-county-sheriff%E2%80%99s-office) the family was driving back to Colorado from their vacation in California over New Year\u2019s, and wanted to see the Grand Canyon on the way." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Rescue finds family stranded by bad GPS directions near Arizona Strip", "ST. GEORGE, Utah \u2014 A family on the way to the Grand Canyon wound up stranded near the Arizona Strip instead \u2014 so far from help or cell phone signal that a father and son walked 20 miles to get help in freezing temperatures.", "The GPS led them over about 30-40 miles on the dirt roads in the Arizona Strip.", "But then the car got stuck in the deep mud, clay and snow on Black Rock Mountain.", "Mohave County officials determined the father and son were at the Lime Kiln Canyon area." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://www.popsci.com/technology/google-maps-australia-tourists-stranded/", "title": "Tourists say they got stranded in the Australian wilderness after following faulty Google Maps route", "published_at": "2024-02-26T20:00:00", "incident_date": "2023", "place": "North Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Just about everyone who drives has experienced moments where their navigation app of choice mistakenly sent them for a loop or failed to account for some minor roadway change.", "Last year, the family of a North Carolina man sued Google after the man, they claim, [drove into a creek](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/20/google-maps-collapsed-bridge-negligence-lawsuit) and drowned while following a Google Maps route." ], "place_evidence": [ "Just about everyone who drives has experienced moments where their navigation app of choice mistakenly sent them for a loop or failed to account for some minor roadway change.", "Last year, the family of a North Carolina man sued Google after the man, they claim, [drove into a creek](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/sep/20/google-maps-collapsed-bridge-negligence-lawsuit) and drowned while following a Google Maps route." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://www.popsci.com/technology/google-maps-australia-tourists-stranded/", "title": "Tourists say they got stranded in the Australian wilderness after following faulty Google Maps route", "published_at": "2024-02-26T20:00:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Periyab River in Kerala, India", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Just about everyone who drives has experienced moments where their navigation app of choice mistakenly sent them for a loop or failed to account for some minor roadway change.", "More recently, a [pair of doctors in India reportedly drowned](https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/wrong-google-maps-route-claims-lives-of-2-kerala-based-doctors-2443405-2023-10-02) in the Periyab River in Kerala after following a Google Maps route during a heavy monsoon, [according to](https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Oct/02/post-death-of-two-doctors-kerala-police-issues-warning-against-using-google-maps-during-monsoon-2620210.html) accounts from local law enforcement." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://carbuzz.com/fact-or-fiction-have-people-driven-into-lakes-because-of-navigation/", "title": "Fact Or Fiction: Have People Driven Into Lakes Because Of Navigation?", "published_at": "2024-10-12T17:57:10", "incident_date": "2024-09", "place": "Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "People Still Following GPS Off Shore In 2024", "Even as recently as September 2024, there have been reports of people driving their car into water as a result of either blind trust in their [GPS navigation system](https://carbuzz.com/why-connected-cars-are-becoming-a-privacy-nightmare/)'s directions, or confusion regarding it which led to the mistake.", "The latter is exactly what happened in Isle of Palms, South Carolina in mid-September, where a vacationing couple in their 60s accidentally drove their vehicle off of a marina boat dock and into the water below." ], "place_evidence": [ "People Still Following GPS Off Shore In 2024", "The latter is exactly what happened in Isle of Palms, South Carolina in mid-September, where a vacationing couple in their 60s accidentally drove their vehicle off of a marina boat dock and into the water below." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://independent.ie/world-news/asia-pacific/two-men-die-in-saudi-arabian-deserts-perilous-empty-quarter-after-losing-gps-signal/a884305819.html", "title": "Two men die in Saudi Arabian desert\u2019s perilous Empty Quarter after 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followed the instructions from her [**GPS**](https://hackread.com/tag/GPS/) which directed her to keep driving but it all went wrong when the car ended up sinking in a boat launch on Little Tub Harbour close to midnight." ], "place_evidence": [ "##### ***A woman driver found herself in \u201ddeep water\u201d after following a GPS which directed her car right into Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada.***\n\nReported in the [**Toronto Sun**](http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the car had an unexpected stop while the female driver followed the instructions from her [**GPS**](https://hackread.com/tag/GPS/) which directed her to keep driving but it all went wrong when the car ended up sinking in a boat launch on Little Tub Harbour close to midnight." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-1164705/BMW-left-teetering-100ft-cliff-edge-sat-nav-directs-driver-steep-footpath.html", "title": "Sorry the Sat-Nav told me to drive up here: BMW left teetering on 100ft cliff edge", "published_at": "2009-03-25T10:48:26", "incident_date": null, "place": "off Bacup Road in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "BMW left teetering on 100ft cliff edge after sat-nav directs driver up steep footpath", "A recovery team using a four-wheel drive quad bike took nine hours to haul the BMW away from the cliff edge off Bacup Road in Todmorden, West Yorkshire." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "BMW left teetering on 100ft cliff edge after sat-nav directs driver up steep footpath", "Robert Jones said he trusted the gadget and continued to follow its instructions, even when 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And they didn\u2019t tell anyone that they were doing it, so no one knew where they were. And their GPS directions led them astray deep into some really, really remote back country in Nevada, where nobody knew where they were, and they were missing for several weeks." ] }, { "url": "https://insider.com/tourists-hawaii-gps-drove-car-into-water-2023-5", "title": "Tourists in Hawaii followed the GPS and drove their car into water", "published_at": "2023-05-03T08:21:42", "incident_date": null, "place": "Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A pair of tourists drove their car into a harbor after mistakenly following GPS directions in Hawaii, and appeared confused when the car started filling up with water." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1032658_sat-nav-strikes-again-uk-driver-nearly-goes-off-cliff-following-gps-directions", "title": "Sat nav strikes again: UK driver nearly goes off cliff following GPS directions", "published_at": "2009-03-26T03:42:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Doncaster, South Yorkshire, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Instead, he soldiered on, following the sat nav system right up to and over the brink of a cliff.", "But Robert Jones of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the UK, didn't do that." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Instead, he soldiered on, following the sat nav system right up to and over the brink of a cliff.", "But Robert Jones of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in the UK, didn't do that." ] }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster%E2%80%8B", "title": "8 drivers who blindly followed their GPS into disaster", "published_at": "2013-05-08T01:39:00", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "West Yorkshire, England", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Feature 8 drivers who blindly followed their GPS into disaster You are allowed to overrule her mesmerizing voice.", "4. 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Riding up to a cliff's edge In 2009, Robert Jones' reliance on his satellite navigation system nearly got the best of him when he was driving in West Yorkshire, England." ] }, { "url": "https://mentalfloss.com/article/50508/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-their-gps-disaster", "title": "8 Drivers Who Blindly Followed Their GPS Into Disaster", "published_at": "2013-05-09T20:00:00", "incident_date": "2011", "place": "Bellevue, Wash.", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Next time the mechanical voice tells you to hang a right where none exists, trust your own two eyes instead of making these mistakes: 1. Turning into the park", "5. 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Making a U-turn into a lake In 2011, three women visiting Bellevue, Wash., were out after midnight, unable to find their way back to their hotel." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Driver_fined_after_following_sat-nav_to_edge_of_cliff_in_West_Yorkshire%2C_England", "title": "Wikinews article", "published_at": "2009-09-16T21:56:08", "incident_date": "2009-03-22", "place": "West Yorkshire, England", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Driver fined after following sat-nav to edge of cliff in West Yorkshire, England", "On March 22, 2009, Robert Jones was driving a [BMW 5 Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series) and was trying to get to his home in [Doncaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster), [South Yorkshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire) after staying with friends in [Todmorden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todmorden), [West Yorkshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire)." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Driver fined after following sat-nav to edge of cliff in West Yorkshire, England", "A driver has been fined after following the directions of his satellite navigation system, leading him to the edge of a massive cliff drop in [West Yorkshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Yorkshire), [England](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England)." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Driver fined after following sat-nav to edge of cliff in West Yorkshire, England", "Robert Jones, who is 43 years old, appeared in Calderdale Magistrates Court on Tuesday, representing himself." ] }, { "url": "https://yahoo.com/news/another-tourist-accidentally-drove-car-112628488.html", "title": "Another tourist accidentally drove their car into deep water in Hawaii after following GPS directions", "published_at": "2023-05-31T11:26:28", "incident_date": null, "place": "Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Another tourist accidentally drove their car into deep water in Hawaii after following GPS directions", "Initially, she thought it was just a big puddle but, in reality, it resulted in her driving her Ford Edge into Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona, per Hawaii News Now." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://yahoo.com/news/another-tourist-accidentally-drove-car-112628488.html", "title": "Another tourist accidentally drove their car into deep water in Hawaii after following GPS directions", "published_at": "2023-05-31T11:26:28", "incident_date": "2023-05-29", "place": "Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Hawaii, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Another tourist accidentally drove their car into deep water in Hawaii after following GPS directions", "On May 29, a couple visiting Hawaii followed GPS directions that led their van straight into the harbor water, [per Hawaii News Now.](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/02/tourists-mistakenly-drive-suv-into-hawaii-island-harbor/)" ], "place_evidence": [ "# Another tourist accidentally drove their car into deep water in Hawaii after following GPS directions", "On May 29, a couple visiting Hawaii followed GPS directions that led their van straight into the harbor water, [per Hawaii News Now.](https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/05/02/tourists-mistakenly-drive-suv-into-hawaii-island-harbor/)" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://npr.org/2011/07/26/137646147/the-gps-a-fatally-misleading-t", "title": "The GPS: A Fatally 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"https://indiatoday.in/india/south/story/telangana-karimnagar-man-found-dead-in-saudi-arabia-desert-lost-after-gps-malfunction-2587960-2024-08-26", "title": "Telangana man dies in Saudi Arabia desert as GPS glitches, car runs out of fuel", "published_at": "2024-08-26T10:08:18", "incident_date": null, "place": "Ruba al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shahbaz Khan and his colleague", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A 27-year-old from Telangana working in Saudi Arabia and his colleague lost their lives after getting stranded in the Ruba al-Khali desert, one of the most dangerous deserts in the world." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Shahbaz Khan and his colleague were on an assignment, but their journey took a disastrous turn because of a GPS malfunction and their vehicle ran out of fuel." ] }, { "url": 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Easler of Santa Monica, California who along with her brother, boyfriend, and another friend ended up somewhere far into the desert outside of Jean, NV." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# GPS detour guides Vegas to LA drivers off road, deep into desert", "\u201cIronically, we actually thought we were taking the safer route home,\u201d explained Shelby Easler of Santa Monica, California who along with her brother, boyfriend, and another friend ended up somewhere far into the desert outside of Jean, NV." ] }, { "url": "https://trends.vegas/gps-detour-guides-vegas-to-la-drivers-off-road-deep-into-desert", "title": "GPS detour guides Vegas to LA drivers off road, deep into desert | Trends Vegas", "published_at": "2023-12-01T14:16:50", "incident_date": "2023", "place": "Silver Peak, Nevada, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "An Indiana man and his partner", "incident_date_evidence": [ 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"outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a 23-year-old Canadian woman", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Woman follows GPS into lake", "According to the [*Toronto Sun*](https://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the woman was following a route on her car\u2019s GPS while driving in the dark on a foggy night in Ontario when it directed her to drive onto a boat launch, and she ended up in a lake." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Woman follows GPS into lake", "According to the [*Toronto Sun*](https://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/13/woman-follows-gps-ends-up-in-ontario-lake), the woman was following a route on her car\u2019s GPS while driving in the dark on a foggy night in Ontario when it directed her to drive onto a boat launch, and she ended up in a lake." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Woman follows GPS into lake", "But as a 23-year-old Canadian woman found out, that method doesn\u2019t always pan out so well." ] }, { "url": "https://news.com.au/technology/gadgets/woman-follows-gps-into-lake/news-story/a7d362dfc4634fd094651afc63f853a1", "title": "Woman follows GPS into lake", "published_at": "2016-05-16T01:18:00", "incident_date": "2011", "place": "near Seattle, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a group of young women", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Woman follows GPS into lake", "In 2011, a group of young women [drove their SUV into a lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QIH2uz3p8) near Seattle \u2014 they blamed the GPS." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Woman follows GPS into lake", "In 2011, a group of young women [drove their SUV into a lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QIH2uz3p8) near Seattle \u2014 they blamed the GPS." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Woman follows GPS into lake", "In 2011, a group of young women [drove their SUV 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decided to follow their GPS into the Pacific Ocean.", "In that case, Yuzu Noda, 21, told the *[Redland City Bulletin](https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/104929/how-not-to-get-to-straddie/)* that she was listening to the GPS and \u201cit told us we could drive down there\u201d." ] }, { "url": "https://kpbs.org/news/national/2011/07/26/the-gps-a-fatally-misleading-travel-companion", "title": "The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "published_at": "2011-07-26T04:59:00", "incident_date": "2011-07", "place": "Death Valley, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Donna Cooper and her family", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley." ], "place_evidence": [ "# The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "In remote places like California's Death Valley, over-reliance on GPS navigation systems 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"incident_date": null, "place": "Nevada desert, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shelby Easler and friends", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Californians were left in a pickle after GPS took them on a shortcut through Nevada desert", "Los Angeles tourists were leaving the Las Vegas Grand Prix in the US state of Nevada, when they were misdirected by Google Maps \u2013 as their GPS \u2018shortcut\u2019 turned into a far more scenic and treacherous route than they\u2019d realized.", "Forced to drive over \u2018bushes and rocks\u2019 before the vehicle broke down, the car was so \u2018scratched up\u2019 that the group was forced to abandon their damaged car in the Nevada desert to fly home." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Californians were left in a pickle after GPS took them on a shortcut through Nevada desert", "TikToker [Shelby Easler](https://www.tiktok.com/@justdoingshelbythings?lang=en) was traveling home from the Las Vegas GP with friends when they put a little too much faith into modern technology." ] }, { "url": "https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Driver_fined_after_following_sat-nav_to_edge_of_cliff_in_West_Yorkshire,_England", "title": "Wikinews article", "published_at": "2009-09-16T21:56:08", "incident_date": "2009-03-22", "place": "West Yorkshire, England", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Driver fined after following sat-nav to edge of cliff in West Yorkshire, England", "On March 22, 2009, Robert Jones was driving a [BMW 5 Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_5_Series) and was trying to get to his home in [Doncaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster), [South Yorkshire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Yorkshire) after staying with friends in [Todmorden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todmorden), [West 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"https://foxnews.com/media/doordasher-delivering-dunkin-drives-water-allegedly-following-gps-charges-filed", "title": "DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "published_at": "2023-09-27T15:17:42", "incident_date": "2023", "place": "Middleton, Massachusetts", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "A DoorDash driver was charged after driving into a swamp in [Middleton, Massachusetts](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/massachusetts), while attempting to deliver Dunkin\u2019 Donuts." ], "place_evidence": [ "# DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "A DoorDash driver was charged after driving into a swamp in [Middleton, Massachusetts](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/massachusetts), while attempting to deliver Dunkin\u2019 Donuts." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://foxnews.com/media/doordasher-delivering-dunkin-drives-water-allegedly-following-gps-charges-filed", "title": "DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "published_at": "2023-09-27T15:17:42", "incident_date": "2022-09", "place": "North Carolina", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Philip Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "The driver, Philip Paxson, was leaving his daughter\u2019s ninth birthday party and was using Google Maps to navigate on a stormy September 2022 evening, according to the lawsuit." ], "place_evidence": [ "# DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "[**NORTH CAROLINA MAN DEAD AFTER FOLLOWING GPS TO DESTROYED BRIDGE THAT DROPPED INTO WATER**](https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-carolina-man-dead-following-gps-destroyed-bridge-dropped-into-water)" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# DoorDasher delivering Dunkin' drives into water after allegedly following GPS, charges filed", "The driver, Philip Paxson, was leaving his daughter\u2019s ninth birthday party and was using Google Maps to navigate on a stormy September 2022 evening, according to the lawsuit." ] }, { "url": "https://madhyamamonline.com/world/telangana-man-colleague-die-after-losing-gps-signal-in-saudi-arabias-desert-1323121", "title": "Telangana man, colleague die after losing GPS signal in Saudi Arabia\u2019s desert", "published_at": "2024-08-25T09:58:09", "incident_date": null, "place": "Rub' al Khali desert, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mohammad Shehzad Khan and a Sudanese national", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Hyderabad: A 27-year-old man from Telangana and a Sudanese national died of dehydration after having been stranded in Saudi Arabia's Rub' al Khali desert, NDTV reported.", "Mohammad Shehzad Khan, resident of Karimnagar, and his colleague were lost in the desolate Empty Quarter part of the desert, which is known as one of the most dangerous regions in the world." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Hyderabad: A 27-year-old man from Telangana and a Sudanese national died of dehydration after having been stranded in Saudi Arabia's Rub' al Khali desert, NDTV reported.", "Mohammad Shehzad Khan, resident of Karimnagar, and his colleague were lost in the desolate Empty Quarter part of the desert, which is known as one of the most dangerous regions in the world." ] }, { "url": "https://ohepic.com/truck-dangles-330-feet-off-cliff-after-gps-error", "title": "Truck Dangles 330 Feet Off Cliff After GPS Error", "published_at": "2022-01-07T19:27:48", "incident_date": null, "place": "NW Shanxi, China", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Technology really has a way with making people\u2019s lives much easier.", "The truck remained hanging on the cliff for about 3 days in NW Shanxi, China." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://ohepic.com/truck-dangles-330-feet-off-cliff-after-gps-error", "title": "Truck Dangles 330 Feet Off Cliff After GPS Error", "published_at": "2022-01-07T19:27:48", "incident_date": null, "place": "NW Shanxi, China", "hazard": "cliff", "outcome": "The truck remained hanging on the cliff for about 3 days, and the driver and passenger managed to escape and successfully got help from people using heavy dump trucks to pull it away from the edge.", "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Technology really has a way with making people\u2019s lives much easier.", "The truck remained hanging on the cliff for about 3 days in NW Shanxi, China." ], "hazard_evidence": [ "Technology really has a way with making people\u2019s lives much easier.", "The truck remained hanging on the cliff for about 3 days in NW Shanxi, China." ], "outcome_evidence": [ "Technology really has a way with making people\u2019s lives much easier.", "The truck remained hanging on the cliff for about 3 days in NW Shanxi, China.", "The driver and passenger managed to escape while the still could.", "After that they had tried to get some help in which they were successful.", "Those who helped get the truck back on the road had to use heavy dump trucks to pull it away from the edge." ], "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://inkl.com/news/two-men-die-in-saudi-arabian-desert-s-perilous-empty-quarter-after-losing-gps-signal", "title": "Two men die in Saudi Arabian desert\u2019s perilous Empty Quarter after losing GPS signal", "published_at": "2024-08-25T12:28:59", "incident_date": "2024-08-22", "place": "Rub\u2019 al Khali desert, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mohammad Shehzad Khan and an unnamed Sudanese colleague", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Two men die in Saudi Arabian desert\u2019s perilous Empty Quarter after losing GPS signal", "Their bodies were found on 22 August, four days after they were last heard from, buried under sand dunes beside their vehicle." ], "place_evidence": [ "Two men die in Saudi Arabian desert\u2019s perilous Empty Quarter after losing GPS signal", "Mohammad Shehzad Khan, 27, from the southern Indian state of [Telangana](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/telangana) and his colleague lost their way in the Rub\u2019 al Khali desert after their GPS signal went off, NDTV reported." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Two men die in Saudi Arabian desert\u2019s perilous Empty Quarter after losing GPS signal", "Mohammad Shehzad Khan, 27, from the southern Indian state of [Telangana](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/telangana) and his colleague lost their way in the Rub\u2019 al Khali desert after their GPS signal went off, NDTV reported.", "Khan and his Sudanese colleague, whose name was not known, had been working in [Saudi Arabia](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/saudi-arabia) for three years with a telecommunications company." ] }, { "url": "https://whdh.com/news/dive-team-removes-sumberged-vehicle-after-driver-follows-gps-into-charlton-lake", "title": "Dive team removes sumberged vehicle after driver follows GPS into Charlton lake", "published_at": "2021-03-14T14:26:34", "incident_date": null, "place": "Buffumville Lake, Charlton, Massachusetts, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "CHARLTON, MASS. 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Directions", "published_at": "2024-09-18T18:29:59", "incident_date": "2024-09-14", "place": "Isle of Palms, South Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Restaurant Staff Rescues Couple Who Drove into Water After Getting Confused by GPS Directions", "Shortly before 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 14, employees at Islander 71, a dockside restaurant on Isle of Palms, heard a splash and realized a car had gone into the water, the Isle of Palms Police Department tells PEOPLE." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Restaurant Staff Rescues Couple Who Drove into Water After Getting Confused by GPS Directions", "Employees at a barrier island restaurant in South Carolina acted fast after an out-of-town couple confused by GPS directions drove their SUV straight into a marina.", "Shortly before 10:30 p.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 14, employees at Islander 71, a dockside restaurant on Isle of Palms, heard a splash and realized a car had gone into the water, the Isle of Palms Police Department tells PEOPLE.", "The couple accidentally drove the vehicle through the marina parking lot, down the boat ramp and into Morgan Creek directly behind the Isle of Palms Marina, he tells PEOPLE." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://ptcnews.tv/world-news/telangana-man-and-colleague-die-in-saudi-arabian-desert-after-losing-gps-signal-4396568", "title": "Telangana man and colleague die in Saudi Arabian desert after losing GPS signal", "published_at": "2024-08-25T05:06:30", "incident_date": "2024-08", "place": "Rub' al Khali desert, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mohammad Shehzad Khan and a Sudanese colleague", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Telangana man and colleague die in Saudi Arabian desert after losing GPS signal", "--August 25th 2024 10:36 AM", "The incident 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Cliff Where Bridge Once Stood", "published_at": "2022-11-07T12:00:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "suburban Charlotte, North Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Phil Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Man Dies Following GPS Off Cliff Where Bridge Once Stood", "A [**North Carolina**](https://legacy.travelnoire.com/listicle/heading-to-north-carolina-heres-how-to-spend-48-hours-in-black-owned-asheville/) man tragically drove off a cliff to his death on his daughter's birthday.", "The family had recently moved to suburban [**Charlotte**](https://legacy.travelnoire.com/listicle/8-things-to-do-in-black-owned-charlotte-nc/)." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Man Dies Following GPS Off Cliff Where Bridge Once Stood", "According to [**Inside Edition**](https://www.insideedition.com/widow-says-husband-died-following-gps-off-cliff-where-never-repaired-bridge-stood-9-years-earlier), Phil Paxson had stayed to help clean up after the party at which family and friends had gathered to celebrate the ninth birthday of his oldest daughter." ] }, { "url": "https://indiaherald.com/Breaking/Read/994739781/Telangana-Man-Gets-Stranded-In-Saudi-Arabian-Desert-After-GPS-Error", "title": "Telangana Man Gets Stranded In Saudi Arabian Desert After GPS Error", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2026-08-22", "place": "Rub\u2019 al Khali desert, Al Hasa region, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shahbaz Khan and his coworker", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Telangana Man Gets Stranded In Saudi Arabian Desert After GPS Error" ], "place_evidence": [ "Telangana Man Gets Stranded In Saudi Arabian Desert After GPS Error", "Shahbaz Khan, a 27-year-old man from Telangana, and his coworker in [saudi arabia](/search/topic?searchType=search&searchTerm=SAUDI ARABIA) died after getting stranded in one of the most dangerous deserts in the world, the Rub\u2019 al Khali, following a GPS malfunction during an assignment.", "Khan, who has been working in [saudi arabia](/search/topic?searchType=search&searchTerm=SAUDI ARABIA) for the past three years, was employed as a tower technician with a telecom company in the Al Hasa region.The", "A GPS error led him and his coworker deep into the Rub\u2019 al Khali desert, which spans across four countries." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Telangana Man Gets Stranded In Saudi Arabian Desert After GPS Error", "Shahbaz Khan, a 27-year-old man from Telangana, and his coworker in [saudi arabia](/search/topic?searchType=search&searchTerm=SAUDI ARABIA) died after getting stranded in one of the most dangerous deserts in the world, the Rub\u2019 al Khali, following a GPS malfunction during an assignment." ] }, { "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-1213891/Driver-ended-teetering-cliff-edge-guilty-blindly-following-sat-nav-directions.html", "title": "Driver who ended up teetering on cliff edge becomes first to be found guilty of blindly following sat nav directions", "published_at": "2009-09-16T22:25:04", "incident_date": "2009-03", "place": "Todmorden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# 'I was only following satnav orders' is no defence: Driver who ended up teetering on cliff edge convicted of careless driving", "His accidental off-road adventure happened in March as he drove through Todmorden in West Yorkshire." ], "place_evidence": [ "# 'I was only following satnav orders' is no defence: Driver who ended up teetering on cliff edge convicted of careless driving", "The road to ruin: After nine hours, Robert Jones's BMW is pulled away by a tractor from 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GEORGE, Utah \u2013 Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service law enforcement rangers\u2019 knowledge of the remote, rugged Arizona backcountry \u2013 coupled with a solid relationship with the Mohave County Arizona Sheriff\u2019s Office \u2013 led to the successful rescue and reunification of a family of five who became stranded in mud and snow in the Arizona strip last week.", "On Jan. 6 at approximately 7 p.m., the dispatch center for Mohave County received a 911 call from a Colorado man who said that he and his family were stranded in a remote location south of St. George, Utah." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://laist.com/news/npr-news/the-gps-a-fatally-misleading-travel-companion", "title": "The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "published_at": "2011-07-26T08:59:00", "incident_date": "2011-07", "place": "Death Valley, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Donna Cooper and her family", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley." ], "place_evidence": [ "# The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "In remote places like California's Death Valley, over-reliance on GPS navigation systems can be a matter of life and death.", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "![Donna Cooper and her family were lost for three days in Death Valley after following their GPS.](https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0aded23/2147483647/strip/true/crop/707x530+0+0/resize/672x504!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2011%2F07%2F06%2F37844_411683111155_606856155_5342837_6248309_n-gps-804940d7a12fe54dbd0513f566bbdcabfb981d3d.jpg)", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley.", "After a long day, Cooper and her family asked \"Nell,\" the GPS, for the shortest route back to their home." ] }, { "url": "https://fudzilla.com/sat-nav-blamed-for-darwin-accident", "title": "Sat Nav blamed for Darwin accident \u2013 Fudzilla.com", "published_at": "2009-03-26T10:43:09", "incident_date": null, "place": "Yorkshire, England", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Sat Nav blamed for Darwin accident", "According to the Halifax Evening Courier, Robert Jones\n was on his way to visit friends in Yorkshire when his satnav directed him up\n a \"steep, narrow footpath\" which led to a fence, beyond which lay a cliff\n and a 100ft drop." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Sat Nav blamed for Darwin accident", "According to the Halifax Evening Courier, Robert Jones\n was on his way to visit friends in Yorkshire when his satnav directed him up\n a \"steep, narrow footpath\" which led to a fence, beyond which lay a cliff\n and a 100ft drop." ] }, { "url": "https://afternoontimes.in/india/telangana-man-colleague-die-in-saudi-arabia-desert-after-losing-gps-signal", "title": "Telangana Man, Colleague Die In Saudi Arabia Desert After Losing GPS Signal", "published_at": "2024-08-25T11:02:27", "incident_date": null, "place": "Rub\u2019 al Khali desert, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mohammad Shehzad Khan and a Sudanese national", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Telangana Man, Colleague Die In Saudi Arabia Desert After Losing GPS Signal", "A 27-year-old man from Telangana died of dehydration and exhaustion in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Rub\u2019 al Khali desert." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Telangana Man, Colleague Die In Saudi Arabia Desert After Losing GPS Signal", "Mohammad Shehzad Khan, a resident of Karimnagar, who had been working in Saudi Arabia for three years with a telecommunications company, found himself stranded in the desolate and perilous Empty Quarter part of the desert, one of the most dangerous regions in the world.", "The incident unfolded when Shehzad, accompanied by a Sudanese national, lost his way after their GPS signal failed." ] }, { "url": "https://flickr.com/groups/29995922@N00/discuss/72157627326712180", "title": "Death Valley National Park", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2011-07", "place": "Death Valley, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Donna Cooper and her family", "incident_date_evidence": [ "## GPS + out of date maps + Death Valley = Death", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley." ], "place_evidence": [ "## GPS + out of date maps + Death Valley = Death", "In remote places like California's Death Valley, over-reliance on GPS navigation systems can be a matter of life and death." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "## GPS + out of date maps + Death Valley = Death", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley.", "After a long day, Cooper and her family asked \"Nell,\" the GPS, for the shortest route back to their home." ] }, { "url": "https://flickr.com/groups/29995922@N00/discuss/72157627326712180", "title": "Death Valley National Park", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Death Valley, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "A mother and son", "incident_date_evidence": [ "## GPS + out of date maps + Death Valley = Death", "Two summers ago, a mother and son on a camping trip had GPS in their car and got stuck on an abandoned mining road for five days." ], "place_evidence": [ "## GPS + out of date maps + Death Valley = Death", "In remote places like California's Death Valley, over-reliance on GPS navigation systems can be a matter of life and death." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "## GPS + out of date maps + Death Valley = Death", "Two summers ago, a mother and son on a camping trip had GPS in their car and got stuck on an abandoned mining road for five days." ] }, { "url": "https://heralddiary.com/wrong-turn-google-maps-sends-family-on-unpaved-road-stranding-them-in-desert", "title": "Wrong Turn: Google Maps Sends Family on Unpaved Road, Stranding Them in Desert", "published_at": "2023-12-04T10:39:28", "incident_date": "November 19", "place": "Mojave Desert, between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, US", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shelby Easler, her brother, and their significant others", "incident_date_evidence": [ "The incident occurred on November 19 when Shelby Easler, her brother, and their significant others drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles." ], "place_evidence": [ "A family in the US ended up stranded in the desert after trusting their navigation app.", "The incident occurred on November 19 when Shelby Easler, her brother, and their significant others drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.", "They ended up taking a dangerous dirt path in the Mojave Desert, reports SFGATE." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "The incident occurred on November 19 when Shelby Easler, her brother, and their significant others drove from Las Vegas to Los Angeles." ] }, { "url": "https://heralddiary.com/wrong-turn-google-maps-sends-family-on-unpaved-road-stranding-them-in-desert", "title": "Wrong Turn: Google Maps Sends Family on Unpaved Road, Stranding Them in Desert", "published_at": "2023-12-04T10:39:28", "incident_date": "September", "place": "Hickory, North Carolina, US", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mr Philip Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": [ "In September, the family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge blamed the tech giant for his death, saying he was following directions from Google Maps on his phone." ], "place_evidence": [ "In September, the family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge blamed the tech giant for his death, saying he was following directions from Google Maps on his phone.", "According to the lawsuit filed by Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Mr Philip Paxson was heading home from his daughter\u2019s ninth birthday party when he drove off what residents have dubbed the \u201cBridge to Nowhere\u201d in Hickory." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "In September, the family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge blamed the tech giant for his death, saying he was following directions from Google Maps on his phone.", "According to the lawsuit filed by Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky, Mr Philip Paxson was heading home from his daughter\u2019s ninth birthday party when he drove off what residents have dubbed the \u201cBridge to Nowhere\u201d in Hickory." ] }, { "url": "https://newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/4495488473686-hapless-amazon-delivery-driver-stuck-in-water-after-following-gps", "title": "Hapless Amazon delivery driver stuck in water after following GPS - NewsBreak", "published_at": "2026-02-16T17:57:52", 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And they didn\u2019t tell anyone that they were doing it, so no one knew where they were. And their GPS directions led them astray deep into some really, really remote back country in Nevada, where nobody knew where they were, and they were missing for several weeks." ] }, { "url": "http://sciencefriday.com/segments/recalculating-the-global-influence-of-gps", "title": "Recalculating the Global Influence of GPS - Science Friday", "published_at": "2016-05-06T04:01:49", "incident_date": null, "place": "Schofield Pass, near Marble and Crested Butte, Colorado, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Recalculating the Global Influence of GPS", "CINDY: Good. I called with a great GPS story that my husband and I experienced one winter. We were cross-country skiing near the town of Marble in Colorado on Schofield Pass. And Schofield Pass is a shelf road that goes between Marble and Crested Butte. 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Then Amazon promises to send an emergency team\u2014and leaves her stranded: \u2018This is my last day\u2019" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/07/don-t-let-a-gps-navigate-you-into-the-valley-of-death", "title": "Don't let a GPS navigate you into the valley of death", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": "Death Valley, California and Nevada, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "GPS-based navigation has become a common, valued tool used by millions of motorists, bicyclists, and hikers.", "NPR ran a story today on a family caught in Death Valley due to an over-reliance on their GPS navigator.", "If there is any place not to take risks, the aptly named stretch of California and Nevada Mojave Desert is it." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://article.wn.com/view/2026/02/17/Amazon_Delivery_Deliver_Drives_Van_Into_Water_Following_GPS_", "title": "Amazon Delivery Deliver Drives Van Into Water Following GPS In Britain", "published_at": "2026-02-17T12:03:11", "incident_date": null, "place": "the historic Broomway path in Essex", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "An Amazon delivery van became stuck on the historic Broomway path in Essex after the driver followed GPS instructions into rising tide waters." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://advnture.com/news/car-stuck-in-death-valley-salt-flat-for-three-weeks-after-driver-follows-gps-off-road", "title": "Car stuck in Death Valley salt flat for three weeks after driver follows GPS off-road", "published_at": 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"victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://phillyburbs.com/story/lifestyle/2011/02/09/death-by-gps-didn/17864257007", "title": "\"Death by GPS\": Didn't you learn anything in Girl Scouts?", "published_at": "2011-02-09T04:01:00", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Death Valley", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a kid", "incident_date_evidence": [ "LIFESTYLE", "A wilderness coordinator in Death Valley, where a kid died in 2009 because his mom's blind trust in her GPS got them stranded, has coined the term \"Death by GPS.\"" ], "place_evidence": [ "LIFESTYLE", "A wilderness coordinator in Death Valley, where a kid died in 2009 because his mom's blind trust in her GPS got them stranded, has coined the term \"Death by GPS.\"" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "LIFESTYLE", "A wilderness coordinator in Death Valley, where a kid died in 2009 because his mom's blind trust in her GPS got them 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colleague die in Saudi desert", "A 27-year-old man from Telangana and his Sudanese colleague died due to acute dehydration and exhaustion in Saudi Arabia's Rub\u2019 al Khali desert after their GPS signal failed." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "No fuel or GPS, Telangana man, colleague die in Saudi desert", "A 27-year-old man from Telangana and his Sudanese colleague died due to acute dehydration and exhaustion in Saudi Arabia's Rub\u2019 al Khali desert after their GPS signal failed.", "According to family members of Mohammad Shehzad Khan, the incident took place between Aug 19 and Aug 21 when the duo \u2014 both telecommunications professionals \u2014 had gone to the \u2018Empty Quarter\u2019 desert to fix a cellular tower." ] }, { "url": "https://onlydeadfish.co.uk/2020/06/19/the-danger-of-blindly-following-machines", "title": "The Danger of Blindly Following Machines", "published_at": "2020-06-19T09:27:04", 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null, "victims_evidence": [ "# The Danger of Blindly Following Machines", "Like the tragic [story of Alicia Sanchez](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/25/gps-horror-stories-driving-satnav-greg-milner), the 28 year-old nurse who when driving with her 6 year old son through Death Valley followed her GPS for 20 miles down a poorly defined track until her car became stuck." ] }, { "url": "https://onlydeadfish.co.uk/2020/06/19/the-danger-of-blindly-following-machines", "title": "The Danger of Blindly Following Machines", "published_at": "2020-06-19T09:27:04", "incident_date": null, "place": "Pennines, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "A man (unnamed)", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# The Danger of Blindly Following Machines", "Or the man whose GPS took him and his car down a steep, narrow path in the Pennines until he was [left teetering on a cliff edge](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7962212.stm)." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# The Danger of Blindly Following Machines", "Or the man whose GPS took him and his car down a steep, narrow path in the Pennines until he was [left teetering on a cliff edge](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7962212.stm)." ] }, { "url": "https://indiatimes.com/culture/gps-directed-a-man-to-drive-into-an-icy-lake-and-he-blindly-did-just-that/articleshow/129170702.html", "title": "GPS Directed A Man To Drive Into An Icy Lake, And He Blindly Did Just That!", "published_at": "2018-01-25T11:37:34", "incident_date": null, "place": "Lake Champlain, Vermont, US", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# GPS Directed A Man To Drive Into An Icy Lake, And He Blindly Did Just That!", "A man blindly following his GPS app drove his SUV into an icy lake in the northeastern state of Vermont US." ], 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](https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/travel/oregon-s-high-desert.html?pagewanted=1)on [Christmas](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/christmas) instead got stuck in snow when their GPS unit sent them down a lightly traveled Forest Service road." ], "place_evidence": [ "A word of advice: if you are driving in [Oregon](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/oregon) and your [GPS](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/gps) unit says to follow a Forest Service road, don't do it.", "First, according to various news reports, an older [Nevada](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/nevada) couple using their four-wheel-drive [Toyota](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/toyota) Sequoia GPS system to guide them through Eastern Oregon's [high desert ](https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/travel/oregon-s-high-desert.html?pagewanted=1)on [Christmas](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/christmas) instead got stuck in snow when their GPS unit sent them down a lightly traveled Forest Service road." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "A word of advice: if you are driving in [Oregon](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/oregon) and your [GPS](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/gps) unit says to follow a Forest Service road, don't do it.", "First, according to various news reports, an older [Nevada](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/nevada) couple using their four-wheel-drive [Toyota](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/toyota) Sequoia GPS system to guide them through Eastern Oregon's [high desert ](https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/12/travel/oregon-s-high-desert.html?pagewanted=1)on [Christmas](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/christmas) instead got stuck in snow when their GPS unit sent them down a lightly traveled Forest Service road." ] }, { "url": "https://spectrum.ieee.org/different-couples-follow-gps-directions-into-trouble-in-oregon", "title": "Different Couples Follow GPS Directions Into Trouble in Oregon", "published_at": "2009-12-29T10:59:00", 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Service road, don't do it.", "Then, a young [Lebanon, Oregon](https://www.ci.lebanon.or.us/) couple and their 11-month old daughter got stuck Christmas Eve after following a GPS offered \"short cut\" on a Forest Service road that would supposedly save them 40 miles on their trip to see family in the [CIty of The Dalles, Oregon](https://www.ci.the-dalles.or.us/)." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "A word of advice: if you are driving in [Oregon](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/oregon) and your [GPS](https://spectrum.ieee.org/tag/gps) unit says to follow a Forest Service road, don't do it.", "Then, a young [Lebanon, Oregon](https://www.ci.lebanon.or.us/) couple and their 11-month old daughter got stuck Christmas Eve after following a GPS offered \"short cut\" on a Forest Service road that would supposedly save them 40 miles on their trip to see family in the [CIty of The Dalles, Oregon](https://www.ci.the-dalles.or.us/)." ] }, { "url": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/7962212.stm", "title": "BBC NEWS | UK | England | Bradford", "published_at": "2009-03-25T20:47:15", "incident_date": "2009-03-22", "place": "Todmorden, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "A car was left teetering on a cliff edge after the driver followed sat nav directions down a Pennine footpath.", "Mr Jones, from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, only stopped when his BMW hit a fence above Gauxholme railway bridge on Sunday morning.", "Officers received a call at 11.18am on Sunday March 22 reporting that a BMW was hanging off the edge of a cliff off Bacup Road." ], "place_evidence": [ "A car was left teetering on a cliff edge after the driver followed sat nav directions down a Pennine footpath.", "Robert Jones continued to follow the instructions when they told him the narrow, 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[Nevada](https://www.the-sun.com/where/nevada/) desert [when they \u201cvanished into thin air\u201d](https://www.the-sun.com/news/5060936/couple-vanished-rv-empty-husband-dead/) \u2013 prompting authorities to launch a desperate search for the pair.", "On Tuesday rescuers found Beverly \u2013 who survived the ordeal \u2013 and the body of her husband Ronnie more than a week after their last correspondence on March 27." ] }, { "url": "https://freightrelocators.com/threads/gps-kills-the-gps-a-fatally-misleading-travel-companion.65151", "title": "GPS Kills! ~ The GPS: A Fatally Misleading Travel Companion", "published_at": "2011-08-04T23:01:04", "incident_date": "2010-07", "place": "Death Valley, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Donna Cooper", "incident_date_evidence": [ "From A Story On An NPR Affiliate, KQED July 26, 2011", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley." ], "place_evidence": [ "From A Story On An NPR Affiliate, KQED July 26, 2011", "In remote places like California's Death Valley, over-reliance on GPS navigation systems can be a matter of life and death.", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "From A Story On An NPR Affiliate, KQED July 26, 2011", "That's what Donna Cooper, of Pahrump, Nev., discovered last July on a day trip to Death Valley.", "After a long day, Cooper and her family asked \"Nell,\" the GPS, for the shortest route back to their home." ] }, { "url": "https://charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article277870248.html", "title": "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "published_at": "2023-08-02T16:53:06", "incident_date": "2023-07-04", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, United 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How Technology Is Killing People?", "published_at": "2023-10-02T04:56:50", "incident_date": "2023", "place": "Ernakulam, Kerala, India", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Dr Advaith and Dr Ajmal Asif", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "Two 29-year-olds - Dr Advaith and Dr Ajmal Asif - drove into a river, as directed by GPS." ], "place_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "Two 29-year-olds - Dr Advaith and Dr Ajmal Asif - were in their car, trying to navigate the dark, unfamiliar roads of Ernakulam, along with three others." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "Two 29-year-olds - Dr Advaith and Dr Ajmal Asif - drove into a river, as directed by GPS." ] }, { "url": "https://indiatimes.com/news/india/what-is-death-by-gps-how-technology-is-killing-people-616526.html", "title": "What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "published_at": "2023-10-02T04:56:50", "incident_date": "2022-09", "place": "river below a broken bridge", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Philip John Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "In September 2022, Philip John Paxson tragically died by driving over a broken bridge into the river below while following Google Maps, which did not indicate that the bridge was no longer useable." ], "place_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "In September 2022, Philip John Paxson tragically died by driving over a broken bridge into the river below while following Google Maps, which did not indicate that the bridge was no longer useable." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "In September 2022, Philip John Paxson tragically died by driving over a broken bridge into the river below while following Google Maps, which did not indicate that the bridge was no longer useable." ] }, { "url": "https://indiatimes.com/news/india/what-is-death-by-gps-how-technology-is-killing-people-616526.html", "title": "What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "published_at": "2023-10-02T04:56:50", "incident_date": "2012", "place": "North Stradbroke Island, Australian coast, Australia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "three Japanese tourists", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "In 2012, three Japanese tourists in Australia, while driving to North Stradbroke Island on the Australian coast, entered into what was water and mud between the island and the mainland." ], "place_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "In 2012, three Japanese tourists in Australia, while driving to North Stradbroke Island on the Australian coast, entered into what was water and mud between the island and the mainland." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# What Is 'Death By GPS'? How Technology Is Killing People?", "In 2012, three Japanese tourists in Australia, while driving to North Stradbroke Island on the Australian coast, entered into what was water and mud between the island and the mainland." ] }, { "url": "https://dailymail.com/news/article-15224329/Tourist-ends-teetering-edge-cliff-Porsche-following-GPS-shortcut-Italian-farm.html", "title": "Tourist ends up teetering on the edge of a cliff in his Porsche after following GPS 'shortcut' through Italian farm", "published_at": "2025-10-24T15:13:56", "incident_date": null, "place": "Saltusio, Italy", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Tourist ends up teetering on the edge of a cliff in his Porsche after following GPS 'shortcut' through Italian farm", "A shocking image shows the vehicle dangling over a steep grassy slope in Saltusio, [Italy](/news/italy/index.html), after the navigation device malfunctioned and directed the driver through a farm." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/death-by-gps.1314685/page-9", "title": "Death by GPS", "published_at": "2016-05-03T11:01:24", "incident_date": null, "place": "Little Tub Harbor", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Describing the incident, Rubinstein-Gilbert said the **driving conditions were difficult with rain and fog making visibility difficult** when the woman approached the Little Tub Harbor.", "GPS falsely guided this woman\u2019s car straight into a 100-foot-deep lake" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://newser.com/story/254526/driver-ends-up-in-lake-champlain-after-using-waze.html", "title": "Owner on Jeep Ending Up in Lake: 'I Was Speechless'", "published_at": "2018-01-24T20:41:01", "incident_date": "2018-01-12", "place": "Lake Champlain near a local Coast Guard station in Burlington, Vt., United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Owner on Jeep Ending Up in Lake: 'I Was Speechless'", "The *[Burlington Free Press](http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/01/23/waze-google-lake-champlain-car/1057316001/)* reports Guertin had let three pals from Connecticut borrow her Jeep for their road trip to Burlington, Vt., and as they drove in the area on a rainy, foggy Jan. 12, they relied on the Waze GPS app\u2014which combines preset directions with updates from users on everything from traffic slowdowns to speed traps\u2014to steer them in the right direction." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Owner on Jeep Ending Up in Lake: 'I Was Speechless'", "Friends who'd borrowed her vehicle were led into Lake Champlain by Google's Waze app", "The *[Burlington Free 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null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Drivers Need To Forget Their GPS", "Finally disastrous incidents involving drivers following disused roads and disappearing into remote areas of Death Valley in California have became so common that park rangers gave them a name: [\"death by GPS.\"](http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/living/travel/article2573180.html) \"If we're being honest, it's not that hard to imagine doing something similar ourselves\" says Milner. \"Most of us use GPS" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/submerged-car-accident", "title": "submerged car accident", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": "Kuruppanthara, Kerala, India", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Tourists from Hyderabad drove into a flooded stream near 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March\u2013April 2022." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "On March 27, 2022, Ronnie and Beverly Barker were on a road trip they had made a dozen times before \u2014 from Oregon, heading south through Nevada toward Tucson, Arizona to meet friends." ] }, { "url": "https://theglobeandmail.com/technology/following-gps-devices-directions-strands-couple-for-three-days/article4297260", "title": "Following GPS device's directions strands couple for three days", "published_at": "2009-12-29T15:50:40", "incident_date": "2007", "place": null, "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "And in 2007, a British woman drove her $200,000 Mercedes into a river while following GPS directions to a christening." ], "place_evidence": null, "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": 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"https://laraveltip.com/finding-your-way-a-death-valley-north-america-map-and-why-you-cant-just-trust-your-phone-wg8", "title": "Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "published_at": "2025-10-03T23:07:56", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Mojave Desert, California and Nevada, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a woman and her son", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "Why the Map Matters More Than Your Phone", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days after following a GPS route onto a closed road." ], "place_evidence": [ "Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "Why the Map Matters More Than Your Phone", "\"Death by GPS\" is a real phenomenon in the Mojave." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "Why the Map Matters More Than Your Phone", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days after following a GPS route onto a closed road." ] }, { "url": "https://ciol.com/travelers-warned-rely-gps", "title": "Travelers warned not to rely only on GPS", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2011-03", "place": "Nevada wilderness, between Boise, Idaho and Jackpot, Nevada, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Albert Chretien and Rita Chretien", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Travelers warned not to rely only on GPS", "SALMON, IDAHO: Travelers in the western U.S. should not rely solely on technology such as GPS for navigation, authorities said, after a Canadian couple were lost in the Nevada wilderness for 48 days.", "Albert Chretien has been missing since March 22, when he went to seek help." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Travelers warned not to rely only on GPS", "SALMON, IDAHO: Travelers in the western U.S. should not rely solely on technology such as GPS for navigation, authorities said, after a Canadian couple were lost in the Nevada wilderness for 48 days.", "Albert Chretien, 59, and his wife Rita Chretien, 56, sought a shorter route between Boise, Idaho and Jackpot, Nevada during a road trip from British Columbia to Las Vegas." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Travelers warned not to rely only on GPS", "Albert Chretien, 59, and his wife Rita Chretien, 56, sought a shorter route between Boise, Idaho and Jackpot, Nevada during a road trip from British Columbia to Las Vegas." ] }, { "url": "https://wanderthewest.com/threads/the-stolpa-family-marooned-east-of-vya-1993.5151", "title": "The Stolpa family, marooned east of Vya, 1993", "published_at": "2011-10-03T19:41:07", "incident_date": "2011-03", "place": "upper Bruneau River canyon, ID-NV border, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Chretien", "incident_date_evidence": [ "If I pull off the Rogerson, ID--Golconda, NV traverse next year, I'm hoping to locate the site of the Chretien's marooning in the upper Bruneau River canyon.", "You may recall they were the couple from British Columbia who attempted to shortcut from Mountain Home, ID to Jackpot, NV along county, BLM, and Forest Service Roads--IN MARCH!", "The wife survived for nearly 7 weeks by staying with their stuck vehicle, and the husband's body was not found.", "Their situation was referred to as \"death by GPS\", where they relied solely on GPS for their shortcut.", "I'm not familiar with the case of the Oregon couple Craig333 mentioned, but the couple from British Columbia who attempted a shortcut along the ID-NV border in March 2011 was not near any sort of settlement or cabin that I'm aware of or read anything about." ], "place_evidence": [ "If I pull off the Rogerson, ID--Golconda, NV traverse next year, I'm hoping to locate the site of the Chretien's marooning in the upper Bruneau River canyon.", "You may recall they were the couple from British Columbia who attempted to shortcut from Mountain Home, ID to Jackpot, NV along county, BLM, and Forest Service Roads--IN MARCH!", "I'm not familiar with the case of the Oregon couple Craig333 mentioned, but the couple from British Columbia who attempted a shortcut along the ID-NV border in March 2011 was not near any sort of settlement or cabin that I'm aware of or read anything about." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "If I pull off the Rogerson, ID--Golconda, NV traverse next year, I'm hoping to locate the site of the Chretien's marooning in the upper Bruneau River canyon.", "You may recall they were the couple from British Columbia who attempted to shortcut from Mountain Home, ID to Jackpot, NV along county, BLM, and 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"https://newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/2478588970003-container-truck-hangs-over-the-edge-of-330ft-cliff-in-nerve-wracking-footage-after-driver-tried-to-reverse-when-satnav-took-him-up-narrow-mountain-road-in-china", "title": "Container truck hangs over the edge of 330ft cliff in nerve-wracking footage after driver tried to reverse when satnav took him up narrow mountain road in China - NewsBreak", "published_at": "2022-01-06T13:18:00", "incident_date": "2022-01-01", "place": "near the city of Changzhi in Shanxi Province in northern China", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Container truck hangs over the edge of 330ft cliff in nerve-wracking footage after driver tried to reverse when satnav took him up narrow mountain road in China", "The incident happened on January 1 near the city of Changzhi in Shanxi Province in northern China." ], "place_evidence": [ "Container truck hangs over the edge of 330ft cliff in 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"place_evidence": [ "Vacationing couple rescued from water in South Carolina after following GPS, driving off boat dock", "A couple in their 60s is safe after a near disaster in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, thanks to the quick actions of strangers." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://thecomeback.com/general/man-real-life-michael-scott-moment-drives-car-pond-gps-told.html", "title": "Man has real-life Michael Scott moment, drives car into pond while following GPS directions", "published_at": "2017-06-25T15:00:01", "incident_date": null, "place": "West Yarmouth, Massachusetts", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Daniel Alley", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A man in West Yarmouth, Massachusetts drove his car into a pond on Friday, and he blames the GPS directions." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "According to Fox 25 Boston, Daniel Alley was driving his Jeep Patriot around 1:30 AM to drop off a passenger in West Dennis, when his Garmin GPS told him to keep going straight." ] }, { "url": "https://straitstimes.com/world/united-states/take-the-next-u-turn-us-driver-following-gps-plunges-into-lake", "title": "Take the next U-turn: US driver following GPS plunges into lake", "published_at": "2018-01-25T01:06:35", "incident_date": "2026-01-12", "place": "Burlington, Vermont, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "WASHINGTON (AFP) - Technology won't always save us.", "The trio - friends from out of state driving a borrowed car - escaped unharmed, local media and police in the city of Burlington said in their report of the Jan 12 incident." ], "place_evidence": [ "WASHINGTON (AFP) - Technology won't always save us.", "A man blindly following his GPS app has driven an SUV with two passengers on board into an icy lake in the northeastern state of Vermont, local police said.", "The trio - friends from out of state driving a borrowed car - escaped unharmed, local media and police in the city of Burlington said in their report of the Jan 12 incident." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://express.co.uk/life-style/life/1150733/artificial-intelligence-technology-consequences", "title": "Age of technology: Are you a victim of artificial idiocy?", "published_at": "2019-07-08T15:33:00", "incident_date": "2012", "place": "Mildura, Australia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "In 2012, Apple hurriedly amended its Maps app after a glitch began guiding Australians hoping to visit the city of Mildura into remote wilderness." ], "place_evidence": [ "In 2012, Apple hurriedly amended its Maps app after a glitch began guiding Australians 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"https://cssm.etimg.com/news/international/saudi-arabia/telangana-man-and-colleague-die-in-saudi-arabia-desert-after-running-out-of-fuel-and-mobile-battery/articleshow/112800111.cms", "title": "Telangana man and colleague die in Saudi Arabia desert after running out of fuel and mobile battery", "published_at": "2024-08-26T07:45:00", "incident_date": "2024-08", "place": "Rub' al Khali desert, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mohammad Shehzad Khan and his Sudanese colleague", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Telangana man and colleague die in Saudi Arabia desert after running out of fuel and mobile battery", "The incident occurred sometime between August 19 and August 21, while they were on a mission to repair a cellular tower." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Telangana man and colleague die in Saudi Arabia desert after running out of fuel and mobile battery", "A 27-year-old man from Telangana and his Sudanese colleague died from dehydration after being stranded in Saudi Arabia's Rub' al Khali desert.", "in Saudi Arabia desert after running out of fuel and mobile battery\n\n## A 27-year-old man from Telangana and his Sudanese colleague died from dehydration after being stranded in Saudi Arabia's Rub' al Khali desert." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Telangana man and colleague die in Saudi Arabia desert after running out of fuel and mobile battery", "Family members of Mohammad Shehzad Khan confirmed the heartbreaking news.", "Both Mohammad Shehzad Khan and his Sudanese colleague were telecommunications professionals who had been working in Saudi Arabia for the past three years." ] }, { "url": "https://911uk.com/porsche/i-was-only-following-satnav-orders-driver-convicted.25975", "title": "'I was only following satnav orders' driver convicted", "published_at": "2009-09-18T14:02:15", "incident_date": "March", "place": "Todmorden in West Yorkshire, United Kingdom", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "**'I was only following satnav orders' is no defence: Driver who ended up teetering on cliff edge convicted of careless**", "His accidental off-road adventure happened in March as he drove through Todmorden in West Yorkshire." ], "place_evidence": [ "**'I was only following satnav orders' is no defence: Driver who ended up teetering on cliff edge convicted of careless**", "His accidental off-road adventure happened in March as he drove through Todmorden in West Yorkshire." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "**'I was only following satnav orders' is no defence: Driver who ended up teetering on cliff edge convicted of careless**", "Common sense should have warned Robert Jones that this narrow cliffside path was no place for a BMW." ] }, { "url": "https://time.com/4309397/how-gps-is-messing-with-our-minds", "title": "How GPS Is Messing With Our Minds", "published_at": "2016-05-02T14:17:09", "incident_date": null, "place": "Death Valley, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "So many of them have found themselves [stranded](http://www.npr.org/2011/07/26/137646147/the-gps-a-fatally-misleading-travel-companion) in the wasteland of Death Valley that park rangers gave the incidents a name: \u201c[death by GPS](http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/living/travel/article2573180.html).\u201d" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://time.com/4309397/how-gps-is-messing-with-our-minds", "title": "How GPS Is Messing With Our Minds", "published_at": "2016-05-02T14:17:09", "incident_date": null, "place": "Nevada wilderness, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Albert Chretien and his wife (Canadian couple)", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Can we really fault the Canadian couple who, while trying to reach Las Vegas, [vanished](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211532/Albert-Chretien-Remains-Canadian-lost-Nevada-wilderness-miles-town-18-months-later.html) into some of the most inaccessible mountain terrain in the country, because GPS directed them to a \u201croad\u201d that ran through it." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Can we really fault the Canadian couple who, while trying to reach Las Vegas, [vanished](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2211532/Albert-Chretien-Remains-Canadian-lost-Nevada-wilderness-miles-town-18-months-later.html) into some of the most inaccessible mountain terrain in the country, because GPS directed them to a \u201croad\u201d that ran through it." ] }, { "url": "https://time.com/4309397/how-gps-is-messing-with-our-minds", "title": "How GPS Is Messing With Our Minds", "published_at": "2016-05-02T14:17:09", "incident_date": null, "place": "Woolooga, Australia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "A woman and her two small children", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Or the woman on her way to (chillingly) Deception Bay in Australia, who [flipped](http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/did-gps-play-part-wooloogas-near-tragedy-weekend/3008963/) her car into a creek, and barely escaped with her two small children\u2014local residents have long known that computerized map databases misleadingly call that road a highway, but how could she?" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Or the woman on her way to (chillingly) Deception Bay in Australia, who [flipped](http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/did-gps-play-part-wooloogas-near-tragedy-weekend/3008963/) her car into a creek, and barely escaped with her two small children\u2014local residents have long known that computerized map databases misleadingly call that road a highway, but how could she?" ] }, { "url": "https://miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article277870248.html", "title": "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "published_at": "2023-08-02T16:53:06", "incident_date": "2023-07-04", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "place_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "Tourists following a GPS made a wrong turn in a California park and tried to drive through salt flats while lost, park officials said.", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://news9live.com/world/telangana-man-stuck-in-desert-for-4-days-in-saudi-arabia-dies-2668758", "title": "Telangana man, stuck in desert for 4 days in Saudi Arabia, dies", "published_at": "2024-08-24T03:59:07", "incident_date": null, "place": "southern desert region of the country, known as the Empty Quarter or Rub' al Khali, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Mohammad Shehzad Khan", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Telangana man, stuck in desert for 4 days in Saudi Arabia, dies", "Shehzad, who had been working in Saudi Arabia for three years with a telecommunications company, was in the southern desert region of the country, known as the Empty Quarter or Rub' al Khali, when he lost his way." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Telangana man, stuck in desert for 4 days in Saudi Arabia, dies", "The deceased, identified as Mohammad Shehzad Khan, was a resident of Karimnagar." ] }, { "url": "https://daedalusproduction.com/finding-your-way-a-death-valley-north-america-map-and-why-you-cant-just-trust-your-phone-wg8", "title": "Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "published_at": "2022-10-04T05:07:56", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Mojave Desert, California and Nevada, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a woman and her son", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "## Why the Map Matters More Than Your Phone", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days after following a GPS route onto a closed road." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "## Why the Map Matters More Than Your Phone", "\"Death by GPS\" is a real phenomenon in the Mojave." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Finding Your Way: A Death Valley North America Map and Why You Can't Just Trust Your Phone", "## Why the Map Matters More Than Your Phone", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days after following a GPS route onto a closed road." ] }, { "url": "https://autopostglobal.com/latest-scoops/photo-report/article/71024?amp=1", "title": "GPS Gets You Driving Blindly! 5 Dumb Accidents Why You Should Stop Depending on", "published_at": "2025-10-15T03:52:05", "incident_date": "2023-04-29", "place": "Honok\u014dhau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Christie Hutchinson and her husband", "incident_date_evidence": [ "In April and May 2023, two separate incidents occurred at Honok\u014dhau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, where vehicles went into the ocean while following GPS directions.", "On April 29, resident Christie Hutchinson and her husband, who were on their way to a manta ray tour, drove into the sea after following their GPS route." ], "place_evidence": [ "In April and May 2023, two separate incidents occurred at Honok\u014dhau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, where vehicles went into the ocean while following GPS directions.", "On April 29, resident Christie Hutchinson and her husband, who were on their way to a manta ray tour, drove into the sea after 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April and May 2023, two separate incidents occurred at Honok\u014dhau Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, where vehicles went into the ocean while following GPS directions.", "Just a month later, on May 29, a tourist had a similar accident at the same location." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://autopostglobal.com/latest-scoops/photo-report/article/71024?amp=1", "title": "GPS Gets You Driving Blindly! 5 Dumb Accidents Why You Should Stop Depending on", "published_at": "2025-10-15T03:52:05", "incident_date": "2022-09", "place": "near Hickory, North Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Philip Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": [ "The most tragic case occurred in September near Hickory, North Carolina." ], "place_evidence": [ "The most tragic case occurred in September near Hickory, North Carolina." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Philip Paxson, returning home from a friend\u2019s birthday party late at night, was using Google Maps to navigate unfamiliar, rainy roads." ] }, { "url": "https://kisselpaso.com/woman-drives-car-into-water-gps-to-blame-video", "title": "Woman Drives Car Into Water, GPS to Blame [VIDEO]", "published_at": "2011-06-16T18:37:06", "incident_date": null, "place": "Bellevue, Washington, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A woman who was using the GPS in her rental car while in Bellevue, Washington learned the hard way that you can\u2019t always trust your GPS." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://kisselpaso.com/woman-drives-car-into-water-gps-to-blame-video", "title": "Woman Drives Car Into Water, GPS to Blame [VIDEO]", "published_at": "2011-06-16T18:37:06", "incident_date": null, "place": "Bellevue, Washington, USA", "hazard": "lake or water", "outcome": "The SUV was fully submerged and later pulled out from the murky water, while the driver and her two passengers made it to shore unharmed.", "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A woman who was using the GPS in her rental car while in Bellevue, Washington learned the hard way that you can\u2019t always trust your GPS." ], "hazard_evidence": [ "The system guided her down a boat launch just after midnight on Wednesday.", "Because it was dark and she was in an unfamiliar territory, the woman \u2014 who was with two others \u2014 drove the rented SUV straight into a swampy area, with the vehicle going under the water." ], "outcome_evidence": [ "The driver and her two passengers [were able to make it to shore unharmed](http://bellevue.komonews.com/news/911/women-escape-sinking-car-after-crashing-mercer-slough/647201), but the SUV wasn\u2019t so fortunate." ], "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://kisselpaso.com/woman-drives-car-into-water-gps-to-blame-video", "title": "Woman Drives Car Into Water, GPS to Blame [VIDEO]", "published_at": "2011-06-16T18:37:06", "incident_date": null, "place": "Bellevue, Washington", "hazard": "lake or water", "outcome": "The driver and passengers made it to shore unharmed, but the rented SUV was fully submerged before being pulled out.", "gps_role": "The GPS system guided her down a boat launch, leading the vehicle straight into a swampy area and under water.", "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A woman who was using the GPS in her rental car while in Bellevue, Washington learned the hard way that you can\u2019t always trust your GPS." ], "hazard_evidence": [ "The system guided her down a boat launch just after midnight on Wednesday.", "Because it was dark and she was in an unfamiliar territory, the woman \u2014 who was with two others \u2014 drove the rented SUV straight into a swampy area, with the vehicle going under the water." ], "outcome_evidence": [ "The driver and her two passengers [were able to make it to shore unharmed](http://bellevue.komonews.com/news/911/women-escape-sinking-car-after-crashing-mercer-slough/647201), but the SUV wasn\u2019t so fortunate." ], "gps_role_evidence": [ "The system guided her down a boat launch just after midnight on Wednesday.", "Because it was dark and she was in an unfamiliar territory, the woman \u2014 who was with two others \u2014 drove the rented SUV straight into a swampy area, with the vehicle going under the water." ], "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://theregister.com/2009/09/17/italian_job_fine", "title": "Italian Job sat nav driver cops \u00a3900 fine", "published_at": "2009-09-17T08:40:14", "incident_date": "2009-03", "place": "Gauxholme, West Yorkshire, England, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# *Italian Job* sat nav driver cops \u00a3900 fine", "Robert Jones, 43, was driving his \u00a330,000 BMW 5 Series though the village of Gauxholme back in March, when his TomTom ordered him up a narrow footpath." ], "place_evidence": [ "# *Italian Job* sat nav driver cops \u00a3900 fine", "Yorkshire precipice escapade ends in court", "The Doncaster man who slavishly followed his sat nav to the edge of a West Yorkshire cliff has been punished with a \u00a3370 fine, \u00a3500 costs, a \u00a315 victim surcharge and six points on his licence for driving without due care and attention.", "Robert Jones, 43, was driving his \u00a330,000 BMW 5 Series though the village of Gauxholme back in March, when his TomTom ordered him up a narrow footpath." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# *Italian Job* sat nav driver cops \u00a3900 fine", "Robert Jones, 43, was driving his \u00a330,000 BMW 5 Series though the village of Gauxholme back in March, when his TomTom ordered him up a narrow footpath." ] }, { "url": "https://ibtimes.co.uk/gps-mistakenly-leads-another-driver-water-hawaii-1716425", "title": "GPS mistakenly leads another driver into the water in Hawaii", "published_at": "2023-06-06T08:43:14", "incident_date": "2023-05-29", "place": "Honokohau Harbour, Hawaii, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "The incident took place on May 29, when the woman was looking for directions with the help of GPS.", "A woman drove her car straight into the sea at Hawaii's Honokohau Harbour, exactly a month after a similar incident was reported from the same place." ], "place_evidence": [ "A woman drove her car straight into the sea at Hawaii's Honokohau Harbour, exactly a month after a similar incident was reported from the same place.", "The incident took place on May 29, when the woman was looking 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null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://ibtimes.co.uk/gps-mistakenly-leads-another-driver-water-hawaii-1716425", "title": "GPS mistakenly leads another driver into the water in Hawaii", "published_at": "2023-06-06T08:43:14", "incident_date": "2016", "place": "Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "In 2016, a woman following the directions from her car's GPS during a foggy night drove straight into Ontario, Canada's Georgian Bay." ], "place_evidence": [ "In 2016, a woman following the directions from her car's GPS during a foggy night drove straight into Ontario, Canada's Georgian Bay." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/google-maps-misstep-vegas-to-la-detour-turns-into-desert-odyssey-for-drivers/printarticle/105565103.cms", "title": "Google Maps misstep: Vegas-to-LA detour turns into desert odyssey for drivers!", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2023-11-19", "place": "Interstate 15 / California desert, en route from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, California, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shelby Easler and family (including her brother)", "incident_date_evidence": [ "In a recent incident following the [Las Vegas Formula](/topic/las-vegas-formula) One Grand Prix, Shelby Easler and her family faced a harrowing experience after trusting [Google Maps](/topic/google-maps)' alternative route suggestion.", "Departing from [Las Vegas](/topic/las-vegas) en route to [Los Angeles](/topic/los-angeles) on November 19th, they encountered an unexpected dust storm warning along Interstate 15." ], "place_evidence": [ "Departing from [Las Vegas](/topic/las-vegas) en route to [Los Angeles](/topic/los-angeles) on November 19th, they encountered an unexpected dust storm warning along Interstate 15.", "Opting for an alternative path proposed by the app, they joined a queue of cars diverting through the desert.", "Uncertain and surrounded by a line of cars, Easler and her family found themselves deep in the California desert, far from the intended route." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "In a recent incident following the [Las Vegas Formula](/topic/las-vegas-formula) One Grand Prix, Shelby Easler and her family faced a harrowing experience after trusting [Google Maps](/topic/google-maps)' alternative route suggestion.", "Despite the frustration and damage incurred\u2014Easler's brother's car sustained significant tire and body damage, requiring costly repairs\u2014the incident shed light on the perils of blindly following GPS guidance in remote areas." ] }, { "url": "https://sanluisobispo.com/news/california/article277870248.html", "title": "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "published_at": "2023-08-02T16:53:06", "incident_date": "2023-07-04", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "place_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/believe-it-or-not-following-the-gps-can-land-you-in-a-bog/articleshow/128778212.cms", "title": "Believe it or not: Following the GPS can land you in a bog", "published_at": "2026-02-25T10:21:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Britain", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Believe it or not: Following the GPS can land you in a bog", "An online delivery in Britain took an unexpected detour \u2014 straight into the water." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://thebiglead.com/texas-amazon-flex-driver-stranded", "title": "Texas Amazon Flex driver follows GPS onto muddy road and gets stuck. Then Amazon promises to send an emergency team\u2014and leaves her stranded: \u2018This is my last day\u2019", "published_at": "2026-06-04T14:00:00", "incident_date": "2026-02", "place": "Thames Estuary, United Kingdom", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Texas Amazon Flex driver follows GPS onto muddy road and gets stuck. Then Amazon promises to send an emergency team\u2014and leaves her stranded: \u2018This is my last day\u2019", "In February, an Amazon delivery van in the U.K. followed GPS directions onto[ a 600-year-old tidal walking path](https://www.livenowfox.com/news/amazon-van-following-gps-drives-off-walking-path-extremely-dangerous-mudflat) in the Thames Estuary and became mired in dangerous mudflats, the second such incident reported that week." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Texas Amazon Flex driver follows GPS onto muddy road and gets stuck. Then Amazon promises to send an emergency team\u2014and leaves her stranded: \u2018This is my last day\u2019", "In February, an Amazon delivery van in the U.K. followed GPS directions onto[ a 600-year-old tidal walking path](https://www.livenowfox.com/news/amazon-van-following-gps-drives-off-walking-path-extremely-dangerous-mudflat) in the Thames Estuary and became mired in dangerous mudflats, the second such incident reported that week." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://theprepared.com/survival-skills/guides/learn-compass-map", "title": "How to use a compass and map", "published_at": "2017-09-06T00:35:07", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Death Valley National Park, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a nurse and her six year old son", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# How to use a compass and map", "## Why you should learn how to use a map and compass", "For example, in the summer of 2009 a nurse and her six year old son were driving through Death Valley National Park." ], "place_evidence": [ "# How to use a compass and map", "## Why you should learn how to use a map and compass", "For example, in the summer of 2009 a nurse and her six year old son were driving through Death Valley National Park." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# How to use a compass and map", "## Why you should learn how to use a map and compass", "For example, in the summer of 2009 a nurse and her six year old son were driving through Death Valley National Park." ] }, { "url": "https://always-reforming.com/2021/04/23/follow-the-leader", "title": "Follow the Leader?", "published_at": "2021-04-23T20:19:05", "incident_date": "2018-01", "place": "Lake Champlain, Vermont, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Follow the Leader?", "New York Magazine ran an article in January 2018 entitled *Yet Another Person Listens to GPS App and Drives Car Into Lake*." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Follow the Leader?", "A driver in Vermont steered his car right into Lake Champlain on Friday." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/kerala/kottayam-google-maps-error-leads-electric-car-into-stream-couple-narrowly-escapes-1893448", "title": "Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes", "published_at": "2025-07-24T10:42:16", "incident_date": "2025-07-24", "place": "Kuruppanthara, Kottayam, Kerala, India", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Josy Joseph and Sheeba Joseph", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes", "In yet another troubling case of GPS misdirection, an electric car carrying Josy Joseph (62) and his wife Sheeba (58) from Chethipuzha, Kottayam, veered into a stream near Kuruppanthara around 11 am on Wednesday." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes", "In yet another troubling case of GPS misdirection, an electric car carrying Josy Joseph (62) and his wife Sheeba (58) from Chethipuzha, Kottayam, veered into a stream near Kuruppanthara around 11 am on Wednesday." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Kottayam: Google Maps Error Leads Electric Car Into Stream; Couple Narrowly Escapes", "Josy and Sheeba Joseph survive after car plunges into flooded path in Kuruppanthara; locals blame repeated GPS errors", "In yet another troubling case of GPS misdirection, an electric car carrying Josy Joseph (62) and his wife Sheeba (58) from Chethipuzha, Kottayam, veered into a stream near Kuruppanthara around 11 am on Wednesday." ] }, { "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15224329/amp/Tourist-ends-teetering-edge-cliff-Porsche-following-GPS-shortcut-Italian-farm.html", "title": "Tourist ends up teetering on the edge of a cliff in his Porsche after following GPS 'shortcut' through Italian farm", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": "Saltusio, Italy", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A tourist was left teetering on a cliff edge in his Porsche after following a supposed GPS 'shortcut'.", "A shocking image shows the vehicle dangling over a steep grassy slope in Saltusio, Italy, after the navigation device malfunctioned and directed the driver through a farm." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://studycountry.com/wiki/who-was-the-family-of-man-who-died-after-gps", "title": "Who was the family of man who died after GPS?", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2022-09", "place": "Hickory, North Carolina, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Phil Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Who was the family of man who died after GPS?", "This photo of the Snow Creek Bridge was taken after **Phil Paxson** drove into a river in Hickory, North Carolina in September 2022." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Who was the family of man who died after GPS?", "This photo of the Snow Creek Bridge was taken after **Phil Paxson** drove into a river in Hickory, North Carolina in September 2022." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Who was the family of man who died after GPS?", "This photo of the Snow Creek Bridge was taken after **Phil Paxson** drove into a river in Hickory, North Carolina in September 2022." ] }, { "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12152743/I-thought-puddle-Tourist-drives-car-Hawaii-harbor-following-GPS.html", "title": "'I thought it was a puddle': Tourist drives her car into Hawaii harbor while following her GPS", "published_at": "2023-06-02T16:42:49", "incident_date": "2023-05-29", "place": "Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "# 'I thought it was a puddle': Tourist drives her car into Hawaii harbor while following her GPS as panicked witnesses scream at her to get out as it sinks - a month after another driver made the exact same mistake", "The incident happened on May 29 - exactly one month after another motorist made the same error driving a van into the harbor with a passenger on board" ], "place_evidence": [ "# 'I thought it was a puddle': Tourist drives her car into Hawaii harbor while following her GPS as panicked witnesses scream at her to get out as it sinks - a month after another driver made the exact same mistake", "Good Samaritans came to her rescue and pulled her on board their boat at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona on the west of the island", "A tourist who drove her car into a [Hawaii](/news/hawaii/index.html) harbor while following her GPS said she mistook the sea for 'a puddle' - just one month after [another motorist made the same mistake](/news/article-12046603/Tourists-follow-GPS-directions-straight-sea-Hawaii-rescued.html).", "Footage of the incident shows the woman's car slowly becoming submerged in the water at Honokohau Small Boat Harbor in Kailua-Kona on the west of the island as horrified witnesses scream at her to get out." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12152743/I-thought-puddle-Tourist-drives-car-Hawaii-harbor-following-GPS.html", "title": "'I thought it was a 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her GPS as panicked witnesses scream at her to get out as it sinks - a month after another driver made the exact same mistake", "The incident happened on May 29 - exactly one month after another motorist made the same error driving a van into the harbor with a passenger on board", "Exactly one month earlier, on April 29, another woman was caught on camera driving her van - which had another passenger on board who was reportedly her sister - straight into the same harbor." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://priuschat.com/threads/death-by-gps.89669/page-3", "title": "Death by GPS.", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2023-11-19", "place": "I-15 near California-Nevada border, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "At least nobody died when Google Maps tried to guide people around a dust storm that closed I-15 on November 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\u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "place_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://thedrive.com/article/17978/man-follows-waze-drives-jeep-down-boat-launch-into-lake", "title": "Man Follows Waze, Drives Jeep Down Boat Launch into Lake", "published_at": "2018-01-25T22:52:48", "incident_date": null, "place": "Lake Champlain, Burlington, Vermont, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Technology can be a dangerous thing.", "[According to *First Coast News*](https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/nation-world/waze-unable-to-explain-how-car-ended-up-in-lake-champlain/507-511396998), Tara lent her Jeep to three friends from Connecticut who were doing some sight-seeing in the Vermont town of Burlington.", "They used the Waze app to figure out how to get around.", "Her friends say the app directed her friends to turn onto the boat launch near the U.S. Coast Guard station.", "Apparently, it was dark and foggy, and the three friends wound up driving 100 feet into the lake before they realized they\u2019d made a terrible mistake." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://sarstoriesnews.blogspot.com/2010/02/following-gps-into-trouble.html", "title": "Following GPS Into Trouble", "published_at": null, "incident_date": null, "place": 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"exhaustion.</p><p>The 27-year-old Mohammad Shehzad Khan found himself stranded in the middle of the desolate and perilous Empty Quarter part of the desert, as per a <a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/telangana-man-colleague-die-in-saudi-arabia-desert-after-losing-gps-signal-6412473#pfrom=home-nd[%E2%80%A6]es_lastestImg\" rel=\"nofollow\">report </a>in <em>NDTV</em>. </p><p>A resident of Karimnagar, he had been working in the" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "exhaustion.</p><p>The 27-year-old Mohammad Shehzad Khan found himself stranded in the middle of the desolate and perilous Empty Quarter part of the desert, as per a <a href=\"https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/telangana-man-colleague-die-in-saudi-arabia-desert-after-losing-gps-signal-6412473#pfrom=home-nd[%E2%80%A6]es_lastestImg\" rel=\"nofollow\">report </a>in <em>NDTV</em>. </p><p>A resident of Karimnagar, he had been working in the", "The incident took place when Khan and his Sudanese companion lost their way in the desert after their GPS signal failed." ] }, { "url": "https://worldofbuzz.com/man-blindly-follows-wazes-directions-ends-driving-car-lake", "title": "Man Blindly Follows Waze's Directions, Ends Up Driving Car Into Lake - WORLD OF BUZZ", "published_at": "2018-01-25T09:48:01", "incident_date": "January 12", "place": "Burlington, Vermont, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Many of us use popular GPS apps such as Waze and Google Maps while driving and navigating to our destination.", "On January 12, they were heading back to their lodging in Burlington while using Waze to navigate their way." ], "place_evidence": [ "Many of us use popular GPS apps such as Waze and Google Maps while driving and navigating to our destination.", "According to [Straits 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Sabine Moreau of Brussels, Belgium.", "Now that\u2019s taking following instructions a little too far." ] }, { "url": "https://inquisitr.com/3094690/woman-follows-gps-straight-into-lake-huron-swims-to-safety", "title": "Woman Follows GPS Straight Into Lake Huron, Swims To Safety", "published_at": "2016-05-14T10:03:08", "incident_date": null, "place": "Australia (mainland to North Stradbroke Island)", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Three Japanese tourists in Australia discovered this when they decided to try and take a trip to North Stradbroke Island, slightly off the coast of Brisbane.", "Now that\u2019s taking following instructions a little too far." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://k1047.com/2023/05/05/tourists-rental-car-water-the-office", "title": "Tourists Drive Rental Car Into Water Just Like That 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a harbor off Kailua-Kona.", "Witnesses say they plunged into Honokohau Small Boat Harbor with their windows down." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://yahoo.com/lifestyle/tourists-lost-following-gps-death-165306327.html", "title": "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "published_at": "2023-08-02T16:53:06", "incident_date": "2023-07-04", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "place_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://livemint.com/news/world/wrong-turn-amazon-delivery-driver-lands-in-water-in-uk-after-following-gps-directions-rescued-11771293415924.html", "title": "Wrong turn? Amazon delivery driver lands in water in UK after following GPS directions; rescued", "published_at": "2026-02-17T02:17:40", "incident_date": "Sunday", "place": "Foulness Island, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "According to [UK coast guard officials](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1211151627856612&set=a.250848277220290), the driver drove into flooding on Sunday while attempting to reach Foulness Island, an area owned by the Ministry of Defence and used for weapons testing." ], "place_evidence": [ "A routine delivery in the UK took a dangerous turn after an [Amazon ](https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/amazon-layoffs-indian-origin-software-developer-11-years-job-cut-positive-how-you-react-important-learn-ai-skills-career-11771289995995.html)driver followed GPS directions onto a tidal route, forcing them to abandon their van as rising waters cut off escape, the *New York Post* reported.", "According to [UK coast guard officials](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1211151627856612&set=a.250848277220290), the driver drove into flooding on Sunday while attempting to reach Foulness Island, an area owned by the Ministry of Defence and used for weapons testing." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://livemint.com/news/world/wrong-turn-amazon-delivery-driver-lands-in-water-in-uk-after-following-gps-directions-rescued-11771293415924.html", "title": "Wrong turn? Amazon delivery driver lands in water in UK after following GPS directions; rescued", "published_at": "2026-02-17T02:17:40", "incident_date": "2024-12", "place": "near Bareilly, India", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Divyanshu", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Similar incident took place in December 2024." ], "place_evidence": [ "Similar incident took place in December 2024.", "Three friends narrowly escaped a fatal accident near Bareilly when their car plunged 15 feet into the dry bed of the Kalapura Canal.", "As per the report, Divyanshu, a Kanpur resident, was travelling to a wedding in Pilibhit with two companions when Google Maps led them onto an unsafe canal track near Kalapura village." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "As per the report, Divyanshu, a Kanpur resident, was travelling to a wedding in Pilibhit with two companions when Google Maps led them onto an unsafe canal track near Kalapura village." ] }, { "url": "https://techstorm.tv/finding-death-valley-california-on-a-map-why-its-not-where-you-think-mwa", "title": "Finding Death Valley California on a Map: Why It\u2019s Not Where You Think", "published_at": "2025-11-27T20:13:48", "incident_date": "2009", "place": "Inyo County, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "a woman and her son", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Finding Death Valley California on a Map: Why It\u2019s Not Where You Think", "### Why the Map Can Be Deceiving", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days because their mapping software suggested a \"shortcut\" through the park that didn't exist for passenger cars." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Finding Death Valley California on a Map: Why It\u2019s Not Where You Think", "### Why the Map Can Be Deceiving", "The \"Death by GPS\" phenomenon is a real thing in Inyo County.", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days because their mapping software suggested a \"shortcut\" through the park that didn't exist for passenger cars." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Finding Death Valley California on a Map: Why It\u2019s Not Where You Think", "### Why the Map Can Be Deceiving", "In 2009, a woman and her son were stranded for days because their mapping software suggested a \"shortcut\" through the park that didn't exist for passenger cars." ] }, { "url": "https://eta.co.uk/news/fine-for-driver-who-followed-sat-nav-to-cliffside", "title": "Fine for driver who followed sat nav to cliffside", "published_at": "2009-09-17T00:00:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "West Yorkshire, UK", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A driver who followed directions from his sat nav to the edge of a cliff has been fined.", "This comes after the 43 year old followed 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"outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/national/article277870248.html", "title": "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "published_at": "2023-08-02T16:53:06", "incident_date": "2023-07-04", "place": "Death Valley National Park, California, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National Park](https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/off-road-7-4-23.htm) on July 4, the National Park Service said in an Aug. 1 news release." ], "place_evidence": [ "Tourists get lost following GPS in Death Valley \u2014 then try to drive through salt flat", "The two men [got lost in Death Valley National 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"gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://elitedaily.com/news/girl-lost-grand-canyon-survival-trick/1835589", "title": "Girl Survived Being Stranded Near Grand Canyon For 5 Days", "published_at": "2017-03-23T15:19:42", "incident_date": "2017-03-10", "place": "Grand Canyon's South Rim, Arizona, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Amber VanHecke", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Girl Lost In Desert For 5 Days Reveals One Survival Trick That Kept Her Calm", "She left for her hiking trip on March 10, planning to travel near the Canyon's South Rim in Arizona." ], "place_evidence": [ "Girl Lost In Desert For 5 Days Reveals One Survival Trick That Kept Her Calm", "Amber VanHecke described the incredible story of how [she survived in the Grand Canyon for five days](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4341126/Woman-survives-5-days-desert-near-Grand-Canyon.html) after her car ran out of gas.", "She left for her hiking trip on March 10, planning to travel near the Canyon's South Rim in Arizona." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Girl Lost In Desert For 5 Days Reveals One Survival Trick That Kept Her Calm", "Amber VanHecke described the incredible story of how [she survived in the Grand Canyon for five days](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4341126/Woman-survives-5-days-desert-near-Grand-Canyon.html) after her car ran out of gas." ] }, { "url": "https://igvofficial.com/news/sues-google-maps-dad-dies-collapsed-bridge-north-carolina", "title": "Google Maps Sued After Dad Died Driving Off Collapsed Bridge On Way Home From Daughter\u2019s Birthday Party", "published_at": "2026-06-30T13:29:22", "incident_date": "2022-09-30", "place": "Hickory, North Carolina, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Philip Paxson", "incident_date_evidence": [ "Google Maps Sued After Dad Died Driving Off Collapsed Bridge On Way Home From Daughter\u2019s Birthday Party", "On the fateful night of 47-year-old Philip\u2019s tragic death, on September 30, 2022, the family had been celebrating their eldest daughter\u2019s ninth birthday." ], "place_evidence": [ "Philip Paxson, from [Florida](https://igvofficial.com/category/news/us-news/), moved to Hickory in North Carolina with his two young daughters and his wife, Alicia Paxson, in 2020.", "Google Maps Sued After Dad Died Driving Off Collapsed Bridge On Way Home From Daughter\u2019s Birthday Party" ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Philip Paxson, from [Florida](https://igvofficial.com/category/news/us-news/), moved to Hickory in North Carolina with his two young daughters and his wife, Alicia Paxson, in 2020.", "Google Maps Sued After Dad Died Driving Off Collapsed Bridge On Way Home From Daughter\u2019s Birthday Party" ] }, { "url": "https://indiatoday.in/lifestyle/travel/story/rub-al-khali-saudi-arabia-desert-killed-telangana-man-2588127-2024-08-27", "title": "What lies in Rub al-Khali, world's most dangerous desert, that swallowed up Telangana man", "published_at": "2024-08-27T03:11:41", "incident_date": "2024-08", "place": "Rub al-Khali desert, Al Hasa region, Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shezad Khan and his colleague", "incident_date_evidence": [ "The same desert, where, tower technician Shezad Khan and his colleague [lost their lives this week](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/telangana-karimnagar-man-found-dead-in-saudi-arabia-desert-lost-after-gps-malfunction-2587960-2024-08-26)." ], "place_evidence": [ "Shezad, who hailed from Telangana and was working with a telecom company in the Al Hasa region of Saudi Arabia for three years, went to the Rub al-Khali desert with a colleague five days ago." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "The same desert, where, tower technician Shezad Khan and his colleague [lost their lives this week](https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/telangana-karimnagar-man-found-dead-in-saudi-arabia-desert-lost-after-gps-malfunction-2587960-2024-08-26)." ] }, { "url": "https://mashable.com/article/gps-car-lake-fail", "title": "Unlucky woman's GPS led her straight into a lake", "published_at": "2016-05-15T00:43:18", "incident_date": null, "place": "Tobermory, Ontario, Canada", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "A woman in Tobermory, Ontario drove down a boat ramp and into Lake Huron last Thursday thanks to faulty directions from her GPS." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/608559-gee-why-not-rely-gps.html", "title": "Gee, why not rely on a GPS???", "published_at": null, "incident_date": "2022", "place": "Nevada wilderness, Nevada, USA", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Albert Chretien and Rita Chretien", "incident_date_evidence": [ "| Author | Thread |", "|---|---|", "Albert Chretien, 59, and his wife Rita Chretien, 56, sought a shorter route between Boise, Idaho and Jackpot, Nevada during a road trip from British Columbia to Las Vegas.", "Albert Chretien has been missing since March 22, when he went to seek help." ], "place_evidence": [ "| Author | Thread |", "|---|---|", "Travelers in the western U.S. should not rely solely on technology such as GPS for navigation, authorities said, after a Canadian couple were lost in the Nevada wilderness for 48 days." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "| Author | Thread |", "|---|---|", "Albert Chretien, 59, and his wife Rita Chretien, 56, sought a shorter route between Boise, Idaho and Jackpot, Nevada during a road trip from British Columbia to Las Vegas." ] }, { "url": "https://wpgtalkradio.com/nj-driver-adjusting-gps-plunges-suv-into-lake-police-say", "title": "NJ Driver Adjusting GPS Plunges SUV into Lake, Police Say", "published_at": "2020-01-12T16:45:06", "incident_date": null, "place": "Lake Parsippany, Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "PARSIPPANY-TROY HILLS \u2014 A woman adjusting her GPS drove her SUV into Lake Parsippany on Saturday night, according to police.", "The 35-year-old woman from the Lake Hiawatha section of the township was driving her 2018 Volkwagen Atlas on Alpine Road, Parsippany-Troy Hills police said, and as she approached an intersection with Lake Shore Drive, the woman drove straight on and into the lake.", "Lake Parsippany is a private, 168 acre lake maintained by a property owners association available for swimming, boating and fishing to members." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "http://mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2009/03/25/sat-nav-disaster-driver-charged-as-bmw-gets-stuck-on-cliff-edge-115875-21225565", "title": "Sat nav disaster: Driver charged with careless driving as BMW gets stuck on cliff edge", "published_at": "2009-03-25T00:00:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Todmorden, West Yorks", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Robert Jones", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "Horrified Robert Jones ended up with a careless driving charge after his satnav left his BMW perched on the edge of a cliff.", "It took nine hours for a recovery team to haul the BMW away from the cliff edge in Todmorden, West Yorks." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "Horrified Robert Jones ended up with a careless driving charge after his satnav left his BMW perched on the edge of a cliff.", "Robert, 43, followed the device\u2019s instructions as he headed for a friend\u2019s house \u2013 even when it began taking him up a steep, rocky footpath." ] }, { "url": "https://newsbreak.com/cultivated-comfort-322399924/4529312778548-couple-s-road-trip-turns-stressful-after-gps-sends-them-down-remote-dirt-roads-with-no-cell-service", "title": "Couple\u2019s Road Trip Turns Stressful After GPS Sends Them Down Remote Dirt Roads With No Cell Service - NewsBreak", "published_at": "2026-03-08T13:00:52", "incident_date": "Christmas", "place": "Eastern Oregon\u2019s high desert, Oregon, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": [ "Couple\u2019s Road Trip Turns Stressful After GPS Sends Them Down Remote Dirt Roads With No Cell Service", "A Nevada couple using their Toyota Sequoia\u2019s GPS system got stuck in snow after [the device directed them down a Forest Service road](https://spectrum.ieee.org/different-couples-follow-gps-directions-into-trouble-in-oregon) in Eastern Oregon\u2019s high desert on Christmas." ], "place_evidence": [ "Couple\u2019s Road Trip Turns Stressful After GPS Sends Them Down Remote Dirt Roads With No Cell Service", "A Nevada couple using their Toyota Sequoia\u2019s GPS system got stuck in snow after [the device directed them down a Forest Service road](https://spectrum.ieee.org/different-couples-follow-gps-directions-into-trouble-in-oregon) in Eastern Oregon\u2019s high desert on Christmas." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": null }, { "url": "https://munsifdaily.com/telangana-man-dies-after-getting-lost-in-saudi-desert-due-to-gps-failure", "title": "Telangana Man Dies After Getting Lost in Saudi Desert Due to GPS Failure", "published_at": "2024-08-24T09:30:29", "incident_date": null, "place": "Rub\u2019 al Khali desert in Saudi Arabia", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Shahabaz Khan and his companion", "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Telangana Man Dies After Getting Lost in Saudi Desert Due to GPS Failure", "**Hyderabad:** In a tragic incident, 27-year-old Shahabaz Khan from Karimnagar, Telangana, lost his life after getting stranded in the treacherous \u201cRub\u2019 al Khali\u201d desert in Saudi Arabia." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "**Hyderabad:** In a tragic incident, 27-year-old Shahabaz Khan from Karimnagar, Telangana, lost his life after getting stranded in the treacherous \u201cRub\u2019 al Khali\u201d desert in Saudi Arabia.", "Unfortunately, the extreme heat and dehydration took a toll on both Shahabaz and his companion, resulting in their untimely deaths." ] }, { "url": "https://mercurynews.com/2022/04/07/survivor-tells-how-road-trip-went-wrong-in-desert-north-of-death-valley", "title": "Survivor tells how road trip went wrong in desert north of Death Valley", "published_at": "2022-04-07T15:37:27", "incident_date": "2022-03-27", "place": "desert north of Death Valley, near Coaldale and Dyer, Nevada, United States", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": "Beverly Barker and Ronnie Barker", "incident_date_evidence": [ "# Survivor tells how road trip went wrong in desert north of Death Valley", "Beverly Barker and her 72-year-old husband, Ronnie, had been on a long road trip from their Indianapolis home in their recreational vehicle.", "On the day they went missing \u2014 Sunday, March 27 \u2014 they left Mount Shasta, Calif., on an itinerary that had them spending the night in Fallon, Nev." ], "place_evidence": [ "# Survivor tells how road trip went wrong in desert north of Death Valley", "A woman who saw her husband die after they were lost for a week in the Nevada desert said they went off course by following GPS instructions and then became stranded without blankets or water.", "The search was centered on the area near Coaldale and Dyer, where the last pings from the couple\u2019s cellphone had been received." ], "hazard_evidence": null, "outcome_evidence": null, "gps_role_evidence": null, "victims_evidence": [ "# Survivor tells how road trip went wrong in desert north of Death Valley", "The account by 69-year-old Beverly Barker, who was rescued Tuesday west of the community of Silver Peak, was relayed by [her nephew Travis Peters](https://www.facebook.com/groups/706822300457674/permalink/708498393623398) on the Facebook group he set up during the search.", "Beverly Barker and her 72-year-old husband, Ronnie, had been on a long road trip from their Indianapolis home in their recreational vehicle." ] }, { "url": "https://wmtw.com/article/south-carolina-couple-water-rescue-gps-driving-off-boat-dock/62243659", "title": "Vacationing couple rescued from water in South Carolina after following GPS, driving off boat dock", "published_at": "2024-09-17T17:16:00", "incident_date": null, "place": "Isle of Palms, South Carolina", "hazard": null, "outcome": null, "gps_role": null, "victims": null, "incident_date_evidence": null, "place_evidence": [ "# Vacationing couple rescued from water in South Carolina after following GPS, driving off boat dock", "Vacationing couple rescued from water in South Carolina after following GPS, driving off boat dock", "ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. 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