Liam Payne’s cause of death has been revealed just hours after the former One Direction singer plunged to his death from a third-floor hotel balcony.
RadarOnline.com can reveal the singer was behaving ‘erratically’ in the lobby and hotel staff begged authorities to send help as they feared ‘his life was in danger’, moments before the star ‘fractured his skull’.
Following the tragic incident, Payne’s family posted heartbreaking tributes to the young father.
Payne, 31, died instantly from multiple injuries after falling 45 feet from his $300-a-night hotel balcony in Argentina.
The head of Buenos Aires’ emergency services revealed that the former One Direction member suffered a “cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death.”
He added: “Our role was to get there quickly, provide medical assistance and try to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life.”
According to local media An autopsy revealed that the singer died of “multiple traumas” that caused “internal and external bleeding.”
During the terrifying 911 call, the hotel employee feared the “aggressive man” and said, “Hello, good afternoon.” I just called, but the line was disconnected. I’m calling from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel.
‘We have a guy who’s into drugs and alcohol. And when he’s conscious, he destroys everything in the room. And well, we need you to send someone, please.”
The counselor asked, “Under the influence of alcohol and drugs, did you say, sir?”
The employee confirmed the information before saying, “We need someone urgently because I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger.
‘They must be in a room with a balcony. And we’re a little bit afraid that he’ll do something, that he’ll endanger his life.”
The One Direction alum was alone in Argentina after longtime girlfriend Kate Cassidy left just two days earlier.
Cassidy posted one TikTok video traveled back to Florida without the singer, stating that she was “so ready to go.”
The couple were in town to see Payne’s former bandmate Niall Horan at his concert.
Hours after the tragedy, Payne’s shattered family said in a statement: “We are heartbroken. Liam will live on in our hearts forever and we will remember him for his kind, funny and courageous soul.
“We support each other as a family as best we can and ask for privacy and space during this terrible time.”
His parents, Geoff and Karen Payne, were seen leaving their home around midnight and leaving ‘in a hurry’.
A relative spoke to reporters at the family home and said: “We are obviously devastated by the news but we do not want to comment.”
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