Liam Payne's cause of death confirmed in autopsy report: What is polytrauma?
The former One Direction singer died after falling from the third floor of a hotel.
Oct. 17, 2024, 12:16 PM PDT / Source: TODAY
By Chrissy Callahan
An autopsy report has confirmed Liam Payne's cause of death a day after the singer passed away at the age of 31.
On Oct. 16, the former One Direction band member died after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
The autopsy report, according to a press release from the Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office, details how the singer died and sheds light on the injuries he sustained before passing away.
The Sistema de Atencio Medica de Emergencia shared the following statement with Telemundo, part of NBCUniversal, after Payne’s death.
“British musician Liam James Payne, composer and guitarist, former member of the band One Direction, died today after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Palermo,” the statement read. “In the afternoon, police personnel from Precinct 14B were directed to the hotel by a 911 call reporting an aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”
The call, which occurred minutes before Payne's death, according to the prosecutor's office, did not name Payne.
In a statement to the Associated Press, the Security Ministry of Buenos Aires said Payne “had jumped from the balcony of his room.” Medics noted that the singer had “extremely serious injuries” and declared him dead on the scene.
The Argentina National Prosecutor’s Office shared details from Payne's autopsy in a press release obtained by TODAY.com.
Per the autopsy, Payne died of "polytrauma and internal and external bleeding."
The prosecutor's office called the death "doubtful/undetermined," meaning there was no conclusive information about the cause of death.
Following Payne’s death, "a series of substances were seized from the musician’s room, which would prove a previous situation of alcohol and drugs consumption" the release said.
Payne was open about his history of addiction prior to his death.
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