Liam Payne, former member of the English band One Direction, died this Wednesday in Buenos Aires after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel. The death of the 31-year-old artist has been confirmed by the director of emergency medical services, Alberto Crescenti, who told local media that the fall caused him “very serious injuries that immediately caused his death.” An investigation has been opened to clarify the facts.
Payne had been in the Argentine capital since the beginning of the month, when he performed at the Movistar Arena along with Niall Horan, another member of the defunct British band.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Security of the City of Buenos Aires has said that the Police went “to the Casa Sur hotel after a 911 call reporting an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” without confirming that the man in question outside Payne. Upon the arrival of the police personnel at the hotel, the manager “stated that he felt a loud noise in the interior back patio of the hotel” and when the officers arrived “they found the death of a man who had jumped from the balcony of his room,” he said. added the ministry in a statement.
When the emergency services arrived, they found that “unfortunately he had injuries incompatible with life as a result of his fall” so “there was no possibility of resuscitation,” explained the person in charge of Emergency Services. “We have to wait for the autopsy, but according to what the team saw, he had a skull base fracture,” he added.
According to the local press, Payne would have fallen in an interior patio of the hotel where a cafeteria operates, although at that time it was empty.
Laim Payne was, along with Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik, a member of the successful British band that in the last decade experienced a musical phenomenon that barely lasted for six years. Period in which they published five studio albums before their final separation in 2016.
Emerging from the X Factor program in the United Kingdom, Payne joined the rest of the band’s members for its release in 2010. Once separated, Payne had released a solo album in 2019.
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