According to the Marshall County Sheriff's office, former Marshall County commissioner Hoppy Hicks was involved in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday on U.S. Hwy. 68 near Aurora.
Sheriff Kevin Byars said Hicks' vehicle left the roadway, traveled down a steep ravine and hit an embankment.
Hicks was taken to Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville with serious injuries. His condition is unkown at this time.
Hicks served as a magistrate and county commissioner from 1990 until 2006.
