Former One Direction member, Liam Payne, tragically died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, resulting in "extremely serious injuries." According to Argentine police. The 31 year old singer fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the fashionable Palermo district, as confirmed by a statement from the local authorities on Wednesday.
Medics later confirmed his death. Alberto Crescenti, the head of the state emergency medical system, revealed on Argentina's Todo Noticias TV channel that the singer had fallen into a courtyard. READ MORE: Liam Payne's heartbreaking final Instagram post before death aged 31 He added that an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death was underway and an autopsy was being conducted.
In a statement, Crescenti said: "At 17.04 through the 911 integrated public safety system, we were alerted of a person who was in an internal courtyard of the management of a south house hotel. "At 17.
11 a SAME team arrived and verified the death of this man and later we found out that he was a singer in a musical group. Unfortunately, he had injuries that were incompatible with life, as a result of his fall, so we had to confirm his death, there was no possibility of resuscitation.", reports the Mirror .
Argentine media reported that Payne had been in Buenos Aires to attend a concert by his former One Direction bandmate, Niall Horan. Payne had been documenting his travels across the South American country, including seeing his fo.