Christine Chao charged over fatal Utah I-15 crash

Christine Chao, 44, has been charged with second-degree automobile homicide over a June 12 crash on Interstate 15 near Levan, Utah, that killed a passenger in another vehicle. Charging documents allege that Chao accessed a pornography website on her phone less than two minutes before the collision. The allegations have not been proven in court. The three-vehicle crash happened on northbound I-15, where construction had slowed traffic. According to charging documents, two vehicles were moving slowly when Chao’s vehicle struck the rearmost one, pushing it into the vehicle ahead. Reports say all three vehicles left the road. Scott LaVar Lichfield, 66, of Fillmore, was a passenger in the back seat of one of the vehicles. The Utah Highway Patrol said he suffered a head injury and later died. Charging documents say Chao told officers she was at fault. Investigators also reported that officers found no brake marks on the road indicating she had slowed before impact. The charging documents say investigators seized Chao’s phone and obtained a warrant to search it. The examination showed access to xvideos.com less than two minutes before the crash, according to the documents, which...