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Three radical mislaid their lives successful India erstwhile their car veered disconnected a partially collapsed span into a stream aft the operator was allegedly misdirected by the GPS navigation system.
According to the police, the navigation system had not been updated to bespeak the bridge’s damaged information from floods past year.
The incidental occured successful Badaun territory of the astir populous authorities of Uttar Pradesh astir 10am connected Sunday, erstwhile the radical was travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj.
The victims included 2 brothers, Amit Kumar and Vivek Kumar, who had hired a taxi for their travel from Badaun to Bareilly. The 3rd idiosyncratic was their friend, Ajit Kumar.
All 3 men were aged betwixt 28 and 35, reported the Hindustan Times. According to the police, the GPS displayed the way arsenic operational adjacent Dataganj successful Badaun, arsenic the span had been successful usage until a conception caved during the 2023 floods.
However, the way was neither closed, nor were immoderate signages installed.
“Earlier this year, floods had caused the beforehand information of the span to illness into the river, but this alteration had not been updated successful the system,” said ellipse serviceman Ashutosh Shivam.
Mr Shivam noted that the lack of information barriers oregon informing signs connected the attack to the span contributed to the fatal accident. The driver, relying connected navigation, was unaware of the information and drove disconnected the damaged section.
Upon being alerted, constabulary teams from Faridpur, Bareilly, and Dataganj rushed to the scene. The car and the victims’ bodies were recovered from the river, Mr Shivam added.
The deceased person been sent for post-mortem examinations, and authorities are conducting further investigations into the incident.