Driver charged with automobile homicide in fatal June I-15 crash near Levan
Charging documents say a phone search showed an adult website was accessed less than two minutes before the collision.
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A California woman has been charged with automobile homicide, a second-degree felony, in a June crash on Interstate 15 in Juab County that killed a passenger, KSL.com reported. Christine Chao, 44, was charged Tuesday in 4th District Court. The charge is an allegation. [1]
The three-vehicle crash happened June 12 on northbound I-15 near Levan, close to a construction zone where traffic had slowed. Charging documents say Chao's vehicle hit the rearmost of two slower vehicles and pushed it into the car ahead. Officers found no brake marks suggesting she had slowed, the documents say. [1]
Chao reportedly told officers she was at fault. A search of her phone under a warrant allegedly showed she accessed the website xvideos.com less than two minutes before the crash, according to the charging documents. [1]
Scott LaVar Lichfield, 66, a passenger, died from a head injury. His obituary says he had celebrated his 39th wedding anniversary the day before the crash and is survived by five children. [1]
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