Two men narrowly escaped death when they drove their car into a river following Google Maps on their way to the hospital in Kerala. The incident took place on the Pallanchi Forest road in Kasaragod on Thursday morning.
Following the accident, they contacted the Fire Force personnel as their vehicle was carried away by the water currents and got stuck in a tree.
The rescued youths, Abdul Rasheed and A Thashreef said they were going to a hospital in Karnataka early morning on Thursday, following the directions shown on Google Maps.
Rasheed and Thashreef met with the accident at 6:00 am on Thursday while heading towards a hospital at Uppinangady in Karnataka. Rasheed, who was behind the wheel, said Google Maps showed a narrow road, and he drove the car through it.
“Using the vehicle’s headlight, we felt that there was some water in front of us. But we didn’t see a river on both sides and a bridge in the middle. There was also no sidewall for the bridge,” Rasheed was quoted by PTI as saying.
It was dark and the path was not visible, leading to the accident, Rasheed added.
The car then got carried away in the water currents and got stuck in a tree on the river’s shore.
They managed to escape by lowering the side windows. They informed their relatives about the accident via phone, who subsequently alerted fire force officials.
(With PTI inputs)
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