UC Berkeley officials are surveying the sprawling campus for potentially dangerous trees in the wake of a weekend incident in which a large eucalyptus fell and killed a passing driver.
Novato resident Alexander Grant, 32, was driving on Gayley Road near the northeast corner of campus on Sunday afternoon when his car was crushed by the tree. UC Police Department officers and city firefighters responded, pronouncing Grant dead at the scene.
UCPD Sergeant Nic Hernandez said the fallen tree was reported at 3:48 p.m., during a storm that brought high winds and heavy rain to much of the Bay Area.