LISBON — A man whose license was suspended for 15 years during sentencing in March 2024 for aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular assault now has limited driving privileges.

Lowell D. Horst, 31, formerly Canfield, is currently residing in a halfway house in Youngstown as part of his conditional release from prison, but after June 7, will be residing on Cunningham Road, Salem and has a job on Beeson Mill Road, Leetonia.

Columbiana County Judge Megan Bickerton, who sentenced him to prison for 36 months, granted the motion Horst’s attorney filed asking for limited driving privileges, but with specific times for specific destinations which include his workplace in Leetonia, his church in North Lima and Walmart in Salem for grocery shopping.

The prosecution had no objection, but requested the driving be restricted to specific times for the limited locations.

A year ago, Horst lost his request for judicial release, with appeals to the Supreme Court of Ohio and the Seventh District Court of Appeals denied related to his conviction and sentence.

A jury found him guilty of the two charges and he was immediately sentenced. Horst admitted to watching sports highlights on YouTube on his phone and not paying attention while driving west on state Route 172 on Sept. 22, 2023. Ohio State Highway Patrol investigators concluded his Chevy Silverado traveled left of center and collided head-on with an eastbound GMC Terrain. The driver of the GMC Terrain, Leslie Coss, 83, of Massillon, suffered serious physical injuries and his wife, Mary Coss, 81, died at the scene. Leslie Coss died a few months later.

Their daughter, Sharon Lendon, administrator of their estates, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Horst and his then employer, Weaver Steel Construction of Leetonia, that was settled and dismissed.

mgreier@mojonews.com