Democracy Dies in Darkness

Driver died after Google Maps led him off a collapsed bridge, lawsuit says

Updated September 21, 2023 at 12:26 p.m. EDT|Published September 21, 2023 at 9:41 a.m. EDT
Philip Paxson, seen here with his family, drowned because directions from Google Maps sent him across a long-collapsed bridge, the lawsuit says. (Courtesy of Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky law firm)
5 min

When Alicia Paxson left her husband behind at a friend’s house where they had celebrated their daughter Amelia’s ninth birthday, the plan was for him to help clean up and drive home later. But when the sun came up the following morning, Phil Paxson was still not home.

“Where’s daddy?” Amelia asked her mother, who told her daughter not to worry. “You know daddy. He is probably out helping somebody.”