YOUNGSTOWN A Struthers man is asking a judge for leniency when he is sentenced Tuesday for a drunk driving crash that claimed the lives of a New Middletown woman and her teenage son and left a third person with serious injuries.

Sixty-five-year-old Walter Bolt pleaded guilty in July to two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, one count of aggravated vehicular assault, and one count of operating a vehicle under the influence.

Bolt, who turns 66 in December, pleaded guilty on July 16, accepting responsibility for the March 3, 2025, crash on State Route 170 in Springfield Township.

Authorities say Bolt's pickup truck crossed the center line, striking a Honda Accord. The crash killed Angela Brown, 44, and her son, Jason Daff, 15. Brown's other son, age 12, was seriously injured.

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