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.

A mayor in South Carolina died in a car crash while being “pursued” by law enforcement days after his town’s entire police department resigned.

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

A South Carolina mayor died in a car crash during a deputy pursuit days after his entire police force quit. Darlington County Coroner J Todd Hardee confirmed the news in a Facebook post on Tuesday. McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, died when a car he was traveling in collided with a truck.

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.

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.

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.

Mayor George Garner II, 49, of McColl, was being pursued by a deputy moments before he died in a head-on vehicle crash. His death came days after the town's police force quit. over 'town councilman'.