Bareilly: A heartbreaking incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district left three men dead after their car, misled by Google Maps, plunged off an incomplete bridge into the Ramganga River, police reported on Sunday.

Police in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun have registered a case against four engineers from the Public Works Department (PWD) and an unnamed official of Google Maps in connection with the deaths of three men.

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A heartbreaking accident in Uttar Pradesh has brought attention to the intersection of technology and infrastructure oversight.

Three men traveling from Gurugram to Bareilly died in a car accident. Their taxi fell off an incomplete bridge in Faridpur. They were using Google Maps. The navigation app led them to the unfinished bridge.

Four engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD) and an unnamed official of Google Maps have been booked by the police in connection with the death of three men whose car rolled over an under-construction bridge while following directions on the navigation app.

Four engineers and a Google Maps official face charges after three men died when their car plunged off an under-construction bridge in Budaun, India. They were reportedly following Google Maps directions to a wedding when the app led them onto the damaged bridge,