(WHAS11)-A Carroll County, Kentucky sheriff is in serious condition tonight at University Hospital after an accident Tuesday afternoon.
Kentucky State Police say Sheriff Ben Smith was responding to a domestic violence call, when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree, just east of downtown Carrollton, and south of the Ohio River.
He was taken to the Carroll County Memorial Hospital, he was then flown from there to University Hospital in Louisville. State police say the accident is still under investigation.
