TRUSSVILLE, Alabama - Vince Lovell, director of security for The Basement, left the scene of an accident after a collision with a moving van on Sunday at 12:22 p.m. in Trussville, said Trussville Police Lt. Jeff Bridges.

The driver of a Ryder moving van called police to report that a white Chevrolet Tahoe decorated with "#FreePitt" graphics crossed the center line on Chalkville Mountain Road and hit his van, Bridges said.

"He stopped, and the white Tahoe, according to him, left," Bridges said.

The founder of the Basement youth ministry group, Evangelist Matt Pitt, is currently being held in Shelby County Jail on his second charge since 2012 of impersonating an officer. Pitt is scheduled for a hearing on Tuesday morning on whether his probation on the first charge in 2012 will be revoked.

Lovell will receive a summons to appear in Trussville City Court on Nov. 6 on two misdemeanor charges related to leaving the scene of an accident, Bridges said.

Lovell, reached by telephone, said he turned left off Chalkville Mountain Road after the incident and parked at the Trussville Library. He looked back for the other vehicle, but said the van didn't stay at the exact scene of the accident either. Lovell said the van crossed the center line, knocked off his mirror and smashed in the driver's side window.

"They said I was leaving the scene," Lovell said. "I was about one block from the scene. They were upset I didn't call the police to the scene. I just came home to get my phone."

By the time he got to his phone, Trussville police cars were in his driveway to give him a citation, he said.

"I didn't come over the line," Lovell said. "I'm sure a moving van's harder to control than a Tahoe. I claim he came over and hit my car."

Lovell said he planned to report the accident, because he would need an accident report to file an insurance claim on his white Tahoe. It is the same vehicle that Pitt was driving in May 2012 when he was arrested by Calera police for flashing blue lights on Interstate 65 as he drove south on his way to Destin. Calera police said Pitt showed them an honorary Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy badge, and he was arrested for impersonating an officer. Pitt was arrested Aug. 20 on another charge of impersonating an officer.

Lovell said that he has been harassed by Trussville police. He said he has gotten six tickets in the past two months. Bridges said Lovell was in city court recently and pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to yield and two citations for improper tags.

Bridges said the Tahoe also has illegal tinting. Lovell has been warned but not cited for that yet, he said. Bridges said that Lovell has complained to the department that he is being targeted. "We don't pay any attention to that," Bridges said. "Everything we've done is by the books."

The ministry has been a source of complaints, Bridges said. "I've had several businesses complain about them coming in begging for money; no one's filed a (legal) complaint."

While Pitt has been in jail, his followers in the Basement have gone on a "Free Pitt" tour that last week included visiting state government buildings in Montgomery, and a "JailGate" event in which the ministry prayed outside the Shelby County Jail. "We gathered on the lawn out there," Lovell said. "Some of the inmates' families come in and out. We prayed with them."

Lovell said that the youth group will be at the Shelby County Courthouse on Tuesday for Pitt's hearing. "Our hope obviously is that he gets released," Lovell said. "Our hope is that he will be able to get home." If Pitt's probation is revoked and he remains in jail, Lovell said the "FreePitt" tour will continue. "We will continue to make people aware of the situation, why he's being held," Lovell said.

For more coverage of Matt Pitt and The Basement from AL.com, click here.

For a Trussville Tribune report on the accident, click here.

This photo of the "#FreePitt" Tahoe in Montgomery is on the www.freepitt.com web site.