A man has died in North Carolina after following faulty GPS directions. Phil Paxson died in a car accident on his way home from celebrating his daughter’s 9th birthday. Paxson died after following his GPS to the site of a bridge that was destroyed nine years ago and “never repaired.” Paxson’s mother-in-law Linda McPhee Koenig said the lack of barriers or warning signs cost him his life. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. It was a totally preventable accident. We are grieving his death, Linda McPhee Koenig. The site of the destroyed bridge, located in Hickory, North Carolina, has left neighbors “fed up” over the years. The road leading up to the bridge is not owned by a local municipality or the state, according to North Carolina State Highway Patrol.