Female motorist, 44, opened porn site on her phone just before causing deadly freeway crash, authorities say

A 44-year-old female motorist opened a porn site on her phone just minutes before causing a deadly freeway crash in Utah, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing authorities.

Christine Chao of Rosemead in Los Angeles County was driving a blue Toyota Matrix on Interstate 15 south of Salt Lake City around 2 p.m. June 12 when she opened a website “commonly used to view pornographic videos,” police discovered after searching her phone, the paper said, citing the charging document filed in Juab County (Utah) Justice Court.

‘We will miss this dear, sweet, kind, friendly man. Everyone was a friend to him.’

Chao, 44, was charged Tuesday with automobile homicide, a second-degree felony, KSL-TV reported.

Traffic was slowed down because of construction, and Chao hit a Mazda 3, which then