A 27-year-old man from Boston died in California over the weekend when authorities say he tried to rescue two people in Lake Tahoe.

Sayen Sengupta was operating a boat on the lake on Saturday evening that was carrying 13 passengers and towing three people on an inner-tube, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. Sengupta dove into the water when two of the riders on the inner-tube fell in the water and “became distressed.”

“He was last seen swimming towards them when he slipped underwater,” the sheriff’s office said. “He did not resurface.”

Authorities searched the area, and on Sunday the 27-year-old’s body was found underwater around 3:45 p.m.


“Our condolences to his family and friends,” the sheriff’s office said Sunday.

The two people who fell in the water were rescued and are “fine,” according to the sheriff’s office.