UC Berkeley Alpha Phi- House damaged by truck, students displaced

[NinjaPoodle]

https://www.ktvu.com/news/uc-berkele...zens-displaced

UC Berkeley employee crashes truck into sorority house, dozens displaced


KTVU—BERKELEY, Calif. - “A UC Berkeley employee crashed a truck into a sorority house causing an evacuation and the displacement of dozens of students early Thursday morning.

The Alpha Phi sorority house is located behind the school's Memorial Stadium.

Students and others who live here were only permitted to enter to retrieve their belongings.

Berkeley Police said damage to the building was caused by a UC Berkeley employee who crashed a campus vehicle into the side of house early Thursday morning.”


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[NinjaPoodle]

Luckily no one was injured.

[FSUZeta]

That is good!

[*winter*]

That’s crazy! There was a situation where I used to live where a garbage truck lost its breaks and smashed into some random house. I think they eventually had to demolish the house due to structural damage.

[naraht]

It sounds to me as if the University is reacting more or less as if the car had crashed into a dormitory, find new housing for the students, the building gets fixed on the University nickel (or more likely their insurance) and let the Building inspectors be what determines how fast students get back into their rooms rather than the Lawyers.

My expectation is that 4 months from now, it will be the centerpiece of the chapter's yearbook, but nothing else beyond that.