Three men travelling in a taxi allegedly fell to their death when Google Maps led them down a bridge that had been broken in half by recent floods, according to reports in India. The tragic incident took place in the state of Uttar Pradesh Saturday in the middle of the night.

Three men in India recently plummeted to their deaths after the taxi they were traveling in was instructed to drive across an unfinished bridge by Google Maps, a local newspaper has reported.

Three people have been killed in India after the route they were following on Google Maps reportedly took them over the edge of a damaged bridge. The three men drove off the bridge crossing the Ramganga River in northern India,

Indian authorities are investigating Google Maps and local government officials following the deaths of three men whose car fell off a broken bridge in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Google Maps reportedly has approximately 60 million active users in India and has mapped over 7 million kilometers of roads within the nation.

Misled by Google Maps, three men died after driving their car off an incomplete bridge in Uttar Pradesh, India, in the early hours of Nov 24.

Google staff are being investigated over a Global Positioning System (GPS) failure that led a family to drive off an unfinished bridge, resulting in three deaths. Local media reported that four engineers and a Google Maps official were being questioned following the deaths of three men who drove onto an under-construction bridge in Uttar Pradesh,