LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Northshore man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of driving under the influence following a crash that injured his passenger.
The California Highway Patrol arrested Klynt Lowrie of Nice for driving under the influence and causing bodily injury just before 4 a.m., according to Lake County Jail records. The crash occurred at about 3:30 a.m.
California Highway Patrol Officer Kory Reynolds said Lowrie was driving a 1994 BMW southbound on Highway 29 north of Mockingbird Lane at an unknown speed when he allowed his vehicle to exit the west roadway edge.
When Lowrie’s vehicle when off the highway, he struck an embankment and overturned, Lowrie said.
Reports from the scene early Sunday morning had indicated the highway’s southbound lane was blocked as a result of the crash.
Lowrie’s passenger, 30-year-old Nicholle Goeken of Lakeport, had lacerations, abrasions and complaints of pain to her neck and back, according to Reynolds.
Goeken was flown by REACH air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Reynolds said.
Lowrie later was booked at the Lake County Jail with bail set at $30,000. He remained in custody on Monday afternoon.
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