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Couple suing Google Maps after it sent them to a notorious crime hotspot where they were brutally attacked and robbed at gunpoint
A Los Angeles couple filed a lawsuit against Google Maps for allegedly navigating them to a notorious South African crime neighborhood where tourists are left "injured, maimed or dead."
Jason and Katharine Zoladz were using the app last October to navigate from their Airbnb to Cape Town International Airport, The Mercury News reported, citing a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Santa Clara County Superior Court. The lawsuit alleged that Google Maps told the couple to drive towards a stretch of highway in the area dubbed the “Hell Run” because of widespread violent attacks on tourists in rental cars. The company finally agreed to stop Google Maps from directing people through the area albeit three weeks after the attack, which prompted the couple to seek unspecificed damages.
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