South Carolina Mayor Killed in Car Crash Days After Resignation of Town’s Entire Police Department

McColl’s police chief Bob Hale and four police officers resigned last week, with Hale citing the ‘overall creation of a hostile work environment’ as the reason.

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The mayor of a South Carolina town died in a car crash on Tuesday just days after the resignation of the town’s entire police department.

McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed in a head-on collision with a truck on Highway 34 in Mechanicsville, South Carolina, around 2:40 p.m., according to a statement posted on Facebook by Darlington County Coroner J. Todd Hardee on Wednesday.