When GPS directions ordered a driver in Vermont to suddenly turn around because the car had passed its destination, the driver reacted quickly -- a little too quickly.

Nabila Altahan, 30, of Massachusetts, swerved her car off the road Wednesday and landed vertically on the guide wires of a utility pole, according to The Associated Press.

No one was injured.

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

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