Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/05/satnav_error_man_drowns/
Driver follows satnav to his doom
Drowns in reservoir
Posted in Science, 5th October 2010 12:05 GMT
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A Senegalese man drove by mistake into a Spanish reservoir on Saturday evening - and drowned [1]. His passenger survived.
Local authorities say the 37 year-old followed directions from his GPS on to an old unlit road that submerged into La Serena [2] reservoir in Western Spain.
By the time he realised his satnav error it was too late to brake. Both men escaped from the car - which sank in two minutes - but only one swam to shore.
La Serena Spain's biggest reservoir, was built in 1989 - so the old road really should have been excised from GPS route planners.