Fatal Utah crash: Driver was viewing a porn site, police say

Christine Chao, a 44-year-old Californian, was charged with automobile homicide on October 20, 2026, four months after a fatal crash on Utah’s I-15. Charging documents say her phone accessed a pornographic website less than two minutes before the collision, which occurred in traffic slowed by roadworks. Chao’s car struck a vehicle that then hit another, and all three vehicles left the road; police found no skid marks. Scott LaVar Lichfield, 66, a rear-seat passenger in one of the vehicles, died from severe head trauma, and Chao told officers she was at fault.