Listen as 911 caller says man tossed beer bottle in Randy Scott crash

After former Columbia Police Chief Randy Scott was involved in a wreck July 16, a newly released 911 call has the caller claiming she saw a man throw away a beer bottle.

The collision report from the S.C. Highway Patrol found Scott not at fault. The other driver, an Eastover woman, struck Scott’s vehicle after disregarding a stop sign, according to the report. The incident happened at the intersection of McCords Ferry Road and Screaming Eagle Road.

But in a 911 call released to The State, a third party – not involved in the wreck – can be heard telling officials that after a man in a Tahoe and a woman in a pickup truck collided, the man threw away a beer bottle.

Scott resigned as chief of police in 2013. After that, he returned to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, where he had worked before joining the city. He left the sheriff’s department July 19, citing medical issues, which department officials said were not related to the crash.

This story was originally published September 6, 2016 at 6:06 PM.