3 killed after Google Maps lead their car to incomplete flyover in UP

Relying on Google Maps to reach a wedding venue proved fatal for three men after the GPS wrongly led their car to an incomplete bridge, where it fell into a river in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly.

In Short

• Victims relied on Google Maps to reach wedding venue
• Car wrongly went onto an under-construction bridge, fell
• Families accuse construction officials of negligence

Three people died after their Google Maps wrongly led their car to an under-construction bridge, with the vehicle plunging into a river in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly district, police said.

The incident occurred on Saturday when the victims, two of whom were identified as Vivek and Amit, began their journey from Gurugram and were headed to Bareilly to attend a wedding. The men were relying on Google Maps to reach the venue when their GPS led them to the incomplete flyover.

The car travelled on the bridge and fell into the Ramganga, a shallow river, from a height of 50 feet.

Locals found the damaged car the next morning and the three men who were dead. They informed the police, who then arrived at the spot and took the bodies for a post-mortem examination.

"At 9:30 am today, a damaged car was found on the river Ramganga. Police were informed and arrived at the spot. When the police arrived, they saw a Wagon R, which was possibly hired as a taxi, on the river. The car went to the incomplete bridge and fell into a river from there," police said.

"The bodies were found and taken for post-mortem. The identities of two people, Amit and Vivek, were confirmed. More details on the identity of the third one are being worked on," police added.

The family members of the victims blamed the concerned officials for the incident and questioned why the bridge was incomplete, and no barricades were installed at one end of the structure.

They said that an FIR should be lodged against the construction department for alleged negligence.