{"id":77205,"date":"2025-12-01T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77205\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:07:07","slug":"uc-berkeley-student-dies-after-possible-fraternity-drowning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77205\/","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

Update, Dec. 1: The young man who died after a drowning incident at a UC Berkeley fraternity party has been identified as George Mauricio Salinas, 19, of San Diego, according to the Alameda County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s Coroner\u2019s Bureau.<\/p>\n

Salinas was pronounced dead at 3:50 p.m. on Nov. 17, a little less than three days after police and firefighters found him unresponsive at the Alpha Delta Phi chapter house on Prospect Street. His cause of death remains under investigation, according to the coroner\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

UC Berkeley student dies after drowning at fraternity<\/p>\n

Original article, Nov. 19: A 19-year-old student has died after a drowning<\/a> at a UC Berkeley fraternity house pool party Friday night, according to police and university officials.<\/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

Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/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 been a guest at the party, and that the organization had suspended the Cal chapter\u2019s operations until further notice.<\/p>\n

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

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