Woman follows GPS, gets stuck in snowmobile trail

[April 02, 2009]  LANGLADE, Wis. (AP) -- A motorist relying on a GPS navigation unit found out the hard way that technology is not always the answer. Sheriff's officials said a woman was driving when the best routing from the GPS sent her onto a road that forked into a snowmobile trail.

Several miles down the frozen path she stopped and couldn't turn around in about a foot and a half of snow surrounding the car.

She called 911 at 10:44 a.m.

Deputy Keith Svoboda said it took a while to find her and much longer to get heavy equipment in to free the vehicle. Deputies dropped her at a motel for the night.

Svoboda said the lesson is, "People shouldn't believe everything those things tell you."

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Information from: Antigo Daily Journal, http://www.antigodailyjournal.com/

[Associated Press]

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