A former UC San Diego dean on vacation in Tanzania died Friday after being trampled by an elephant, according to a family member and news reports Wednesday.
“He had an accidental encounter with an elephant,” said Skyli McAfee, who identified herself as Dr. Thomas McAfee’s sister and was notified of the accident.
McAfee, 58, had resigned his position as dean of clinical affairs at the university and was to assume a new job Tuesday as chief executive of the Keck Medicine of USC Medical Foundation in Los Angeles.
Skyli McAfee declined to provide additional details about the accident, but several news reports stated that it occurred at Tanzania’s 1,096-square-mile Tarangire National Park which is home to herds of “up to 300 elephants,” according to the nature preserve’s website.
The Citizen, a newspaper and website in Dar es Salam, Tanzania, reported that McAfee and two unidentified companions were “viewing game on foot when they stumbled upon a herd of about 50 elephants.”
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