The hit-and-run collision happened in Oakland on Monday night at a crosswalk, the Oakland Police Department said.

A retired University of California, Berkeley professor was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Oakland on Monday, authorities confirmed.

Sociologists across the country are mourning the loss of retired UC Berkeley Professor Michael Burawoy, who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Oakland.

The death of a UC Berkeley sociology professor emeritus in a hit-and-run on Monday stunned the campus’ academic community and is “an unimaginable loss,” according to the leader of the sociology department.

A well-known 77-year-old University of California, Berkeley sociology professor was killed in a hit-and-run collision while crossing the street near Oakland’s Lake Merritt on