(Jamie Oakford via SWNS)

By James Connolly

A British vacationer claims he "could have died" when he got lost in a desert - because his data roaming was cut off.

Jamie Oakford, 54, was in search of the perfect view of the stars over Texas when he took a three-hour drive into the desert from Dallas.

However, his adventure turned into a nightmare when his Vodafone roaming service stopped working and he was left lost and unable to call anyone.

Oakford, from Oldham, Gtr Manchester, said he had "never been so scared" in his life.

He said: "I had no GPS, no way of phoning anybody. I didn't know how to get back to the city.

"Can you imagine being stuck out in the wilderness, in the desert with no phone service, no GPS, nothing.

"I was frightened to death because there were rattlesnakes

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