By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-30 11:27:21 | Updated at 2024-11-30 16:45:09
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SC Mayor George Garner II dead in car crash while ‘pursued’ by deputy — days after his entire police force quit
NY Post ^ | 11/29/24 | Patrick Reilly
Posted on 11/30/2024 3:24:49 AM PST by Libloather
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.
McColl Mayor George Garner II, 49, was killed when his 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe plowed head-on into an 18-wheeler Tuesday afternoon — just five days after police Chief Bob Hale and his five officers stunned the small town by resigning.
When he crashed, the newly elected mayor “was being pursued” by a Marlboro County sheriff’s deputy, the investigating coroner said.
“The pursuit not related to any laws being broken. The pursuit was taking place in an effort to protect the well-being of Mr. Garner,” the coroner said, without elaborating on what it would be needed. More info on exactly how he died will be released soon, the coroner said.
After his death, it emerged that the mayor was also connected to an active investigation from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division [SLED], sources told WBTW, without detailing what the investigation involved. SLED did not immediately respond to requests for information Friday.
Garner had recently won re-election in the town of about 2,000 residents.
However, his administration was mired in a local crisis when the entire police force quit on Thursday last week, with Chief Hale blaming harassment by an unidentified council member for creating a “hostile work environment.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: crash; police; quit; sc
1 posted on 11/30/2024 3:24:49 AM PST by Libloather
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