Phil Paxson had two daughters and when he left the celebration of the 9th birthday of one of them He took the route indicated by the GPS without imagining that the road no longer existed and would lead him to death.
“It was a dark and rainy night and he was following his GPS that took him down a concrete path to a river bridge that collapsed 9 years ago and was never repaired,” said Linda McPhee Koenig, the father’s mother-in-law, who passed away in North Carolina
He added that the road “lacked barriers or warning signs to prevent the death of a father of two daughters.”
The woman claimed that Paxson’s, 47-year-old’s accident, after following GPS directions, was “totally preventable. We are suffering the death of him.”
Alicia Paxson, the victim’s wife, shared articles published a few years ago about that bridge, stating that “it was a known danger. 2014!! Just an accident waiting to happen. Phil had to lose his life to raise awareness.”