A South Carolina mayor lost his life in a collision during a police pursuit just days after his town’s entire police department resigned. McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, died last Tuesday afternoon in Mechanicsville.

McColl Mayor George Garner II was the subject of an investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division at the time of his death.

Officials say the mayor was being pursued by a deputy at the time of the crash, and that pursuit was an effort to to protect his well-being.

McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his SUV plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon -- just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers resigned.

The mayor of a South Carolina town where the entire police force resigned has died in a tragic car crash. McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, died in a crash while being “pursued” by other law enforcement.

A South Carolina mayor died while being pursued by law enforcement on Tuesday, just days after the town’s entire police force quit due to a “hostile work environment.” McColl Mayor George Garner II veered into eastbound traffic and collided head-on with an 18-wheeler during the police chase.

George Garner, the late Mayor of the town of McColl, South Carolina, was allegedly connected to an active South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigation, officials say.