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Indian Express
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Indian Express
Google Maps leads woman to accidentally drive her Audi into creek; rescued
A woman driving an Audi car was rescued after she accidentally fell into a creek in the Belapur area of Navi Mumbai in the early hours of Friday. 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.
India Today
5 days ago
- Automotive
- India Today
Google Maps error leads Audi into ditch in Navi Mumbai, driver rescued
A woman, who was relying on Google Maps for navigation, accidentally drove her Audi into a ditch in Navi Mumbai's Belapur area and was rescued by incident occurred around 1 am on Friday. According to police, the woman was alone in the Audi and was headed towards Ulwe when the incident of taking a bridge, her car took a wrong turn guided by Google Maps and fell into a Police were alerted to the incident and, with the help of the marine security team and a boat, successfully rescued the woman.'At about 1 am on Friday, we received information about an Audi car that had fallen into the Belapur ditch. Our team, along with marine security guards and local police, responded immediately,' Narayan Palampalle, Assistant Police Inspector, Belapur, told news agency ANI.'Using a boat from the marine security team, we safely rescued the woman. She was alone in the car when the incident occurred,' he said.- Ends
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Car falls into Ditch following directions on Google Maps in Navi Mumbai, woman rescued
A woman in Navi Mumbai accidentally drove her Audi car into a ditch after following the directions from Google Maps. The incident happened after the woman, who was heading from Belapur to Ulwe, drove from under the Belapur bridge and ended up in a ditch. The woman who was alone in the car was then rescued by the marine security officials, who quickly pulled her out of the ditch.(ANI) The woman was supposed to take the Bay bridge in Belapur, but the the navigation app directed her to a route beneath the bridge, heading towards Dhruvatara Jetty, News18 reported. As she continued to follow the directions, minutes later, she drove into the ditch. The woman who was alone in the car was then rescued by the marine security officials, who quickly pulled her out of the ditch. The rescue operation took only a few minutes, and the woman was taken out of the ditch safely. At around 1 am on Friday, police received information that an Audi car had fallen into a Belapur ditch, Assistant Police Inspector Belapur Narayan Palampalle told ANI. He further said that the team of marine security guards, along with the local police, went to the location and found that the woman was heading towards Ulwe, and instead of going from the bridge, she followed the direction from Google Maps and took the route from under the bridge. 'Following this, her car fell into a ditch, causing the accident. The woman was safely rescued using a boat belonging to the marine security team,' the police said. This is not the first case of Google Maps causing accidents and landing people in wrong places. Last year, three people lost their lives after their car veered off an under-construction bridge following Google Maps. The car fell from 50 feet into the river below when the app failed to show that a portion of the bridge was damaged. In January this year, two French tourists got lost on a deserted road after taking a shortcut suggested by Google Maps. The duo was heading to Nepal's capital, Kathmandu, from Delhi when they got stranded in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly.
Mint
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Mint
Google Maps-led drive ends in mishap as Audi falls into ditch in Maharashtra's Belapur, woman rescued
In a tragic incident, an Audi car driven by a woman plunged into a ditch in Belapur, Maharashtra while following Google Maps. The woman, who was going to Ulwe, was following the navigation of Google Maps when the incident occurred. She was saved. Assistant Police Inspector Belapur Narayan Palampalle said: 'At about 1:00 a.m. on Friday, we received information about an incident involving an Audi car that had fallen into the Belapur ditch. Our team, along with marine security guards and local police, went there and found that a woman was heading towards Ulwe, following Google Maps.' Assistant Police Inspector Narayan Palampalle said the car went below the bridge and fell into the ditch instead of crossing it, leading to the accident. Senior police officers were informed, and the woman was safely rescued with the help of a marine security team's boat. Because of this, instead of going over the bridge, her car went below and fell into the ditch, causing the accident. We provided information to senior police officers. With the assistance of the boat belonging to the marine security team, we safely rescued the woman. She was alone in that car when the incident happened."
