Massachusetts student dies in fall from balcony during senior trip to Bahamas

A Massachusetts assemblage pupil died this week aft falling from a edifice balcony during a senior people trip successful the Bahamas.

Gaurav Jaisingh was with chap Bentley University students successful their country astatine the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort erstwhile helium fell Sunday nighttime astir 10 p.m.

The Royal Bahamas Police Force said helium was recovered unresponsive connected a little level and died connected his mode to the hospital.

The probe is ongoing, but constabulary said it appeared to person been an accident.

Jaisingh, from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, was a subordinate of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity and the South Asian Students Association. He was a concern large with a insignificant successful machine accusation systems, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He was acceptable to postgraduate Friday.

“We are profoundly bittersweet to corroborate that 1 of our students, Gaurav Jaisingh, passed distant past nighttime successful a tragic mishap during the yearly elder people travel successful the Bahamas,” Bentley said successful a connection Monday. “We stock our deepest condolences with Gaurav’s family, friends and loved ones.”

The schoolhouse said counseling services and different resources were disposable to anyone successful need.

“We volition stock much accusation erstwhile disposable portion respecting his family’s privacy. This is an tremendous calamity for our community,” the schoolhouse said.

Bentley University is simply a backstage schoolhouse successful Waltham — astir 12 miles westbound of Boston — with astir 4,500 students.

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