McColl Mayor George Garner, who died in a two-vehicle crash on Tuesday, was connected to an active SLED investigation, an official told News13. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division spokeswoman Renee Wunderlich said the agency’s probe is “active and ongoing,

ABC 15 has learned that a state police investigation was underway involving the Town of McColl.A source said agents with the State Law Enforcement Division (SLE

Marlboro County’s sheriff said Wednesday that officers were behind McColl Mayor George Garner but not “pursuing him” when he crashed head-on into an 18-wheeler and died. Garner crashed Tuesday afternoon on Cashua Ferry Road in Darlington County.

Then on Tuesday, just before 3 p.m., Darlington coroner J. Todd Hardee said 49-year-old Garner died after a crash on Highway 34 in Mechanicsville, SC. Hardee said Garner’s vehicle crashed head-on with a truck.

The town of McColl is dealing with the sudden death of Mayor George Garner in a car crash just days after its entire police force 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.

DARLINGTON COUNTY, S.C. ( WMBF /Gray News) - A town left without a police force now does not have a mayor either. The mayor of McColl, South Carolina, died in a crash on Tuesday. Mayor George Garner died after a crash on Highway 34 in Mechanicsville, South Carolina.