SPRINGFIELD, IL – A local man is blaming his GPS for leading him straight into a lake late Saturday night, insisting that the device clearly told him to turn left—despite the fact that the road ended and water began.

James Callahan, 42, was following his GPS directions home from a friend’s house when he found himself driving down a dark, unfamiliar road. Trusting technology more than his own eyes, he followed the device’s instructions even as the pavement turned to gravel, then grass, then… well, waves.

“I swear it said, ‘Turn left now,’” Callahan told reporters. “And when I hesitated, it said, ‘Recalculating.’ But by that point, I was already in the lake.”

According to witnesses, Callahan’s car slowly rolled into Lake Springfield before he seemed to realize something was wrong.

“I saw headlights moving across the water and thought, ‘Huh, that’s not normal,’” said local fisherman Dave Perkins. “Then I heard a guy yelling, ‘SIRI, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?’”

Callahan managed to escape through the driver’s side window, swimming to shore as his car slowly sank. A group of teenagers fishing nearby reportedly asked him if this was some kind of new ‘amphibious vehicle test.’

“Yeah, I wish,” Callahan replied. “I drive a 2006 Toyota Corolla.”

Authorities arrived on the scene shortly after, finding Callahan dripping wet, still clutching his now-waterlogged phone.

“The GPS was still open,” said Officer Mark Reynolds. “It was frozen on the words ‘Proceed to the route.’”

When questioned about why he didn’t notice the giant body of water in front of him, Callahan blamed the darkness, his trust in modern technology, and, in his words, “a very convincing left turn instruction.”

“I’ve been following GPS directions for years,” he said. “I never thought it would betray me like this.”

Local towing services managed to pull the car from the lake the next morning, though Callahan was informed that “water damage” wasn’t covered by his insurance plan.

Despite the incident, Callahan insists he’ll keep using GPS—though he now plans to “double-check with his eyeballs” before following instructions.

“My biggest regret isn’t even the car,” he admitted. “It’s that I left a full bag of Taco Bell in the passenger seat.”

In response to the mishap, Springfield officials are considering adding a new sign near the lake entrance that reads: “No Left Turn Into Water.”