A former minor league baseball player and father drowned after getting caught in a rip current while trying to save a family in the water in South Carolina, according to police and a fundraiser for his family.

Former Baltimore Orioles prospect Anderson 'Chase' Childers died after being swept away by a rip current as he was trying to save a family of five while they were on vacation

Chase Childers, a former minor league baseball player and ex-police officer, has died after rushing into the ocean to save swimmers in a rip current, according to police in South Carolina and a GoFundMe page for his family.

The former MLB prospect and police officer died heroically while saving a family from a rip current in South Carolina, leaving behind his wife and three young children.

A Georgia community is in mourning after the passing of a former Baltimore Orioles prospect, who tragically died after he saved a family of five caught in a rip

Police said the 38-year-old and another person dove into the water to help several swimmers who were caught in a rip current on Sunday afternoon.