The tragic accident has spotlighted India's poor road infrastructure and sparked a debate on whether navigation apps like Google Maps share responsibility for such incidents. Some blame the app for not providing accurate information while others argue that it is a larger failure on the part of the government for not cordoning off the place.

India investigates Google Maps after car plunges off broken bridge killing 3 men - Tragic crash on an incomplete bridge prompts Indian authorities to investigate Google and public officials

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.

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. The Economic Times writes that the men,

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,