{"id":60939,"date":"2025-11-19T22:03:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/60939\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T22:03:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T22:03:10","slug":"uc-berkeley-student-dies-after-possible-fraternity-drowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/60939\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Berkeley student dies after possible fraternity drowning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A 19-year-old Cal student has died after emergency workers found him unresponsive at a party at the Alpha Delta Phi house Nov. 14, 2025. Credit: TJ Gehling for Berkeleyside<\/p>\n

A 19-year-old student has died after a possible drowning<\/a> at a UC Berkeley fraternity house pool party Friday night.<\/p>\n

Details like the young man\u2019s name and precisely when he died were not immediately available Wednesday. Police said they \u201cdo not suspect foul play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police and firefighters have cited the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and the affiliate that owns the chapter house, accusing them of creating a public nuisance and for exceeding by more than half a 200-person limit for a party the chapter was throwing that night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police and firefighters went to the Alpha Delta Phi house around 11:26 p.m. after a caller reported an unresponsive person \u201cwho had possibly drowned,\u201d Berkeley police spokesperson Officer Byron White said in an email Wednesday.<\/p>\n

When police arrived, they walked into a \u201clarge party\u201d of \u201cmore than 300 people,\u201d White wrote. The area was overcrowded and there was clear evidence of \u201cheavy alcohol consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Berkeley Fire Department took the teen to a hospital. He was listed in critical condition and, sometime in the intervening days, died. White said BPD did not have a specific day or time. More details were not immediately available from the Alameda County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s Coroner\u2019s Bureau.<\/p>\n

(Police have not specifically named the fraternity but Alpha Delta Phi is the only fraternity house with a pool on the block they did specify, the 2400 block of Prospect Street.)<\/p>\n

University officials did not immediately respond to inquiries from Berkeleyside Wednesday. An official with the fraternity\u2019s national organization said the victim had not been a member, and that the organization had suspended the Cal chapter.<\/p>\n

Editors\u2019 note: This article was updated after publication with additional information.<\/p>\n

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