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

David Matthews, New York Daily News on May 13, 2025

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A Massachusetts college student died this week after falling from a hotel balcony during a senior class trip in the Bahamas.

Gaurav Jaisingh was with fellow Bentley University students in their room at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort when he fell Sunday night around 10 p.m.

The Royal Bahamas Police Force said he was found unresponsive on a lower floor and died on his way to the hospital.

The investigation is ongoing, but police said it appeared to have been an accident.

Jaisingh, from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, was a member of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity and the South Asian Students Association. He was a finance major with a minor in computer information systems, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He was set to graduate Friday.

“We are profoundly sad to confirm that one of our students, Gaurav Jaisingh, passed away last night in a tragic accident during the annual senior class trip in the Bahamas,” Bentley said in a statement Monday. “We share our deepest condolences with Gaurav’s family, friends and loved ones.”

The school said counseling services and other resources were available to anyone in need.

“We will share more information when available while respecting his family’s privacy. This is an enormous tragedy for our community,” the school said.

Bentley University is a private school in Waltham — about 12 miles west of Boston — with about 4,500 students.

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