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==== India ==== Google Maps has been linked to several misdirection incidents in India in 2024.<ref name="Bhattacharya-2025" /> In 2024, three men from [[Uttar Pradesh]] died after their car fell from an under-construction bridge. They were using Google Maps for driving which misdirected them and the car fell into the [[Ramganga]] river.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-11-25 |title=Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge into river in Bareilly, UP |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/google-maps-leads-three-men-to-death-as-car-plunges-from-incomplete-bridge-into-river-in-bareilly-up/articleshow/115651260.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-11-25 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |archive-date=November 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125142729/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/google-maps-leads-three-men-to-death-as-car-plunges-from-incomplete-bridge-into-river-in-bareilly-up/articleshow/115651260.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-24 |title=UP News: Google Map Route Leads To Death Of 3, Car Falls Into Ramganga River in Bareilly |url=https://english.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/up-news-three-dead-after-car-plunges-into-ramganga-river-in-bareilly-driver-followed-google-maps-to-incomplete-bridge-10203012 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=English Jagran |language=en |archive-date=November 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124184823/https://english.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/up-news-three-dead-after-car-plunges-into-ramganga-river-in-bareilly-driver-followed-google-maps-to-incomplete-bridge-10203012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The bridge had no warning signs or barricades in place at the time of the incident. Engineers from the state's road department and a Google Maps official were identified in a police complaint on charges related to the case.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mollan |first1=Cherylann |last2=Syed Moziz |first2=Imam |title=A fatal car crash in India sparks concerns over Google Maps |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly23yknjy9o |access-date=22 April 2025 |work=BBC News |date=29 November 2024}}</ref>
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