AutonomousCritical
Navigation App Allegedly Directs Car Over Damaged Bridge in Uttar Pradesh, Resulting in Three Deaths
- Occurred
- Nov 25, 2024
- Published
- Nov 28, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
A car reportedly using Google Maps for navigation was misled onto a collapsed bridge in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to outdated GPS data. The car plunged into the river below, resulting in three fatalities.
Developers
Deployers
Harmed parties
- Vivek Kumar
- Amit (family name unknown)
- Unidentified victim
- Families of the victims
Classification
Category confidence: 85%
Severity confidence: 95%
Rationale: Navigation app failure led to vehicle driving over collapsed bridge causing three deaths.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8