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 was the subject of an investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division at the time of his death.

Mayor George Garner II was under investigation when he died in a car crash while being "pursued" by police having recently faced a crisis in his town when all its officers resigned