German motorist obeys sat-nav system, hits sand

BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) An 80-year-old German motorist obediently following his navigation system ignored a motorway ''closed for construction'' sign and crashed his Mercedes into a pile of sand further down the road, police said.

''The driver was following the orders from his navigation system and even though there was a sufficient number of warnings and barricades, he continued his journey into the construction site,'' a police spokeswoman told Reuters yesterday.

''His trip finally ended when he wound up crashing into a pile of sand,'' she added.

The driver and his wife escaped uninjured from the collision, which occurred on a motorway near Hamburg.

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