After Easley Man Dies In Tussle With Deputies, State Probing

PICKENS, SC — An Easley man struggled with Pickens County sheriff's deputies during an arrest earlier this year and later died at a hospital. Three months later, state authorities are investigating his death.

Randall Dale Scruggs, 42, died from compression of his abdomen during the May 28 arrest, Coroner Kandy Kelley said Monday. Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark said in a news release that he asked the State Law Enforcement Division to investigate.

Clark said in a statement late Monday that one of Scruggs' relatives reported he was acting irrationally and his deputies were called to state Highway 11 near Sunset. The deputies tried to keep Scruffs calm during a struggle, but he constantly tried to escape. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Scruggs was declared dead at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens.

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