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Christine Chao, 44, faces a second-degree felony automobile homicide charge after investigators found that she allegedly accessed a porn site less than two minutes before a deadly Utah freeway crash.

Police say Chao rear-ended a sedan in slowed construction traffic without braking, triggering a three-vehicle collision that killed back-seat passenger Scott LaVar Lichfield, 66.

Authorities issued Chao a summons instead of taking her into custody, and she is scheduled to appear in Utah’s 4th District Court on November 17.

A California woman is facing a felony charge after investigators discovered she had allegedly accessed a pornography website on her phone less than two minutes before a deadly freeway crash in Utah.

Christine Chao, 44, of Rosemead, California, was charged Tuesday (Oct.…