North Carolina Father Of 2 Dies After GPS Leads Him Off ‘Destroyed’ Bridge
perezhilton.comA North Carolina man tragically lost his life after being led off a cliff by his GPS. Phil Paxson was returning home from his daughter’s ninth birthday celebration last Friday in Hickory, N.C.
on what his mother-in-law, Linda McPhoee Koeing, described as a “dark and rainy night” in a Monday Facebook post.
His wife, Alicia Paxson, recalls in an FB message of her own how the two drove in separate cars to the event: Koeing explained in her post: She noted the bridge didn’t have any “barriers or warning signs to prevent the death of a 47-year-old father of two daughters.” Unfortunately he apparently couldn’t see that the bridge just ended in the rainy night. Related: Basketball Wives Alum’s Daughter Killed In Early Morning Car Crash The North Carolina State Highway Patrol was made aware the following morning, October 1, of a car in a river, according to WCNC.
When authorities arrived at the scene, they discovered Phil’s 2020 Jeep Gladiator overturned and submerged in water. His body was recovered shortly after.
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