GPS error leads Belgian woman to cross five international borders 1,400 km away from her original destination. She was reported missing.
Sabine Moreau, from Hainault Erquelinnes, Belgium, left her house to pick up her friend in the Belgian capital, Brussels, on a 145 km trip that would take about two hours. However, a GPS error led the 67-year-old woman to Croatia.
Sabine was reported missing and went two days without contact. She crossed five different international borders and ended up in Zagreb, the Croatian capital, 1,400 km away from her original destination.
In an interview with the newspaper *El Mundo*, Sabine explained, “I was distracted, so I just kept driving.” “I saw all kinds of signs, first in French, then in German, and finally in Croatian, but I kept driving because I was distracted.”
Sabine’s son reported her as missing, and the police were able to locate her.
The story went viral in a post on Reddit, and internet users reacted to the unusual situation.
“I don’t understand how someone can be so distracted not to notice that a two-hour trip turned into a two-day one,” one user commented. “It’s scary to think that I share the road with people like that,” said another.
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