Maharashtra: Man drives into dam while following Google Maps, drowns, says police

A 34-year-old man drowned after driving his vehicle into a dam, while allegedly following directions on Google Maps at Ahemednagar’s Akole town, police said. The incident took place around 1.45am on Sunday, when the driver was driving two men for a trek towards Kalsubai, Maharashtra’s highest peak.

The deceased, Satish Ghule, was working for Guru Shekhar (42), and was driving him and his friend, Sameer Rajurkar (44), to Kalsubai. Shekhar is a managing director with a private company in Pimpri Chinchwad, while Rajurkar is a businessman. Police said, “They are all based in Pune. Ghule, who worked in Shekhar’s company had lost his job during the lockdown, but Shekhar then retained him as a driver for his car.”