Google Maps car caught in Texas floodwater

John Clark Image
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Google Maps car drives into lake
Google Maps car drives into lakeSome people are scratching their heads after a Google Maps car ended up in a lake.

Millions of people rely on Google Maps and Street View to get around dicey traffic situations. But a Google-owned vehicle in West Texas ended up in its own traffic troubles.

The car -- rigged up with photography equipment for the Google Maps Street View service -- got submerged in several feet of floodwater Sunday near Eldorado, Texas.

Authorities say the driver went around a barricade marked 'closed' and drifted off into a ditch. Fortunately, the driver was able to escape and wasn't hurt.

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