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https://www.yahoo.com/news/carful-people-got-stranded-mojave-
140925084.html

A family traveling from Las Vegas to LA got stranded in the desert after
following Google Maps.

Along with several other cars, they were led down an off-road trail. They
eventually called 911.

In the end, they abandoned their vehicle and had to fly home, according to
a TikTok.

A family ended up calling 911 for help after Google Maps led them into the
middle of the Mojave Desert, leaving them stranded for several hours and
badly damaging their car.

Shelby Easler was traveling back to Los Angeles with her family on
November 19 after attending the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Her brother, Austin, was driving and used Google Maps to try to find an
alternative route back after it told them that a dust storm was causing
delays on Interstate 15, according to SFGate.

"We were just listening to Google Maps," Easler said in a TikTok video
shared on Wednesday.

The group followed the navigation app only to be led down an off-road
rail, with the TikTok video showing several other cars being similarly
misled.

"We were kind of sheep and we were just following the cars in front of us
because we were like, it must lead somewhere," Easler said in the video.

She added that their attempts to turn the car around were unsuccessful
because "the path was dug into the ground" and because other stranded
vehicles were blocking them in.

"We kind of got pinned," she said.

At one point, Easler said the car in front managed to turn around and
started trying to cut a path through bushes.

They followed, but the attempt led to their car getting "so scratched up"
before they eventually got trapped again, according to Easler's TikTok.

In the video, she said the family eventually decided to call 911 because
they were "pretty far out in the desert, it was getting late," and they
were out of ideas on how to get home.

According to SFGate, the California Highway Patrol then told them they
weren't able to help because they were occupied dealing with the ongoing
dust storm.

The CHP did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for
comment, which was sent outside of working hours.

Eventually, after being stranded for several hours, the Easler family made
it to a gas station. She said in the video that their car was badly
damaged by the journey and that they had to wait for it to be towed.

They ended up leaving the vehicle in Nevada and flying home instead,
Easler said.

She told SFGate: "In the future, I'll stick to the road I know and double-
check somewhere else if the route seems sketchy."

Easler did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for
comment.

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