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Liam Payne’s autopsy reveals cause of death: This is what the preliminary report says

Liam Payne’s autopsy reveals cause of death: This is what the preliminary report says

The music world continues to mourn the unexpected death of Liam Payne. The 31-year-old singer died after falling from the third floor of the Casa Sur hotel, while it was on a trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The authorities have now released him the preliminary autopsy report.

According to the team of forensic doctors of the Supreme Court of Justice of Argentina, Payne died immediately from the impact of the fall, which caused “multiple trauma and internal and external bleeding.”

The singer fell from the balcony of his room at Hotel Casa Sur Palermolocated in Costa Rica Street #6032 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Everything we know about Liam Payne’s death

Several local media reported the tragic death of the artist around 5:40 pm ET. The news has been confirmed by the Medical Emergency Service or SAME. According to initial reports, authorities from the 14B Police Station responded to the hotel premises after receiving an emergency call alerting them to a “aggressive man” who allegedly may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Upon arriving at the scene, Authorities found a man lying in an interior courtyard with a head injury. later, it was confirmed that he was the former member of One Direction. The musician suffered injuries that were “incompatible with life”, which makes it impossible to revive him.

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“At 5:04 p.m., to 911, the integrated public security system, we were alerted to a person who was in an interior courtyard of the Casa Sur hotel. At 5:11 p.m., the SAME local team arrived and confirmed the man’s death… Sadly, he had non-life-threatening injuries as a result of his fall, so we had to confirm his death. There was no possibility of resuscitation”, said the head of SAME, Alberto Crescenti.

Hours later, Pablo Policicchio, the director of communications of the Ministry of Security of Buenos Aires, reported that Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.”

The singer had traveled to Argentina to attend a concert by Niall Horan, also a former member of One Direction.