Google Maps leads woman to accidentally drive her Audi into creek; rescued
The woman, who runs a salon business in Kharghar, is in her mid-30s. She was heading home to Ulwe from Belapur in her Audi. However, Google Maps allegedly navigated her to take a road under the bridge instead of over it, Following the navigation, the woman drove on the road beneath the bridge, reached Dhruvtara Jetty, and allegedly drove into the creek using the road navigation app.
The night duty personnel of the Marine Security Department immediately rushed to rescue her and, with the help of a boat, saved her, said an officer. A team from CBD Belapur police station soon reached the spot.
The woman is completely fine and did not require hospitalization or any treatment, said police adding that her was also pulled out from the creek with the help of a crane.
'When we spoke to her, she told us that she was following Google Maps, which navigated her to take the service road instead of the bridge, and she met with the accident,' said a police officer from the CBD Belapur police station.
'We have recorded her statement in which she said that it was raining heavily, and instead of the bridge, she took the service road and accidentally drove her vehicle into the creek,' said Narayan Palampalle, Assistant Inspector at the CBD Belapur police station.
Since the site of the incident is a jetty and a wall cannot be erected there, the Marine Security has now decided to install navigation boards and barricades 100 metres before the jetty area, Palampalle said.
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