Driver led astray by GPS detour ends up stranded in two feet of snow, US cops say

Snow piles up to a sign for Interstate 80 westbound in Truckee, California, on March 4, 2024. Google Maps has led yet another unsuspecting motorist into another situation they had not bargained for. — Bay Area News Group via AP

A 34-year-old driver followed a GPS detour and ended up trapped in two feet of snow in southwestern Oregon, deputies said.

The man texted 911 to say he needed help at about midnight March 2 from Snow Creek Road, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.