June 18, 2021 – The Lynchburg Police Department (LPD) has arrested a man after a vehicle crash on US 29 North near the Candlers Mountain Road exit.
On June 18, 2021, at 7:15 a.m., officers responded to US 29 North just past the Candlers Mountain Road exit for a report of a single vehicle crash involving a car that had overturned. The driver was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Lynchburg General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Officers located a significant amount of drugs on the driver and in the vehicle.
The driver, Thomas Eric Lowe, 48, of Amherst, was arrested and charged with five counts of possession of a schedule 1 or 2 drug, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, driving under the influence, and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was released from the hospital and transported to the Lynchburg Adult Detention Center.
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