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

McColl Mayor George Garner II died in a vehicle crash in Mechanicsville just days after his town's entire police force resigned, officials say.

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.

The mayor of a South Carolina town where the entire police force resigned in anger at local officials has died in a car crash — while being “pursued” and investigated by other law enforcement, according to reports.