Three members of the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department have been arrested after allegedly covering up a vehicle accident.
According to information gathered by Deputy Brian Hawkins with the Marion County Sheriff's Department and filed in a criminal complaint, events began at 1:18 a.m. Saturday at 4405 Crossroads Rd. in Fairview.
Steven Gillespie, chief of the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department, was driving a truck that struck a guardrail, which caused his axel to detach from the vehicle and caused damage to the road and another vehicle, the complaint said.
Joey Gillespie, also a member of the fire department, did first report a vehicle accident and then stated it was only a disabled vehicle and that the law enforcement was not needed, according to the criminal complaint.