Google Maps: Horrifying moment wrong house demolished after 'unbelievable' address mix-up - Express

According to The Telegraph, an employee reportedly sent Diaz a screenshot showing Google Maps pointing to the wrong property.

"Your heart sinks first," George Gomez of the Billy L. Nabors Demolition company told the news site.

"Just cause we felt so bad for Lindsay and Mr. Cutter that we made this mistake.

"We're going to make it right, we're definitely going to do right by both homeowners.

It was later revealed that Google Maps was indeed the cause of the faux-pas.

A spokesperson for Google confirmed to CNN Money it had looked into the issue.

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