Liam Payne died instantly after falling from his hotel balcony.
The 31-year-old singer passed away on Wednesday (16.10.24) after plunging from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires and emergency services have explained he sustained multiple injuries, including a fractured skull, that meant there was no hope of saving his life.
Buenos Aires emergency services chief Alberto Crescenti told The Sun: "Our role was to head there quickly, give medical attention, and try to resuscitate him, but his injuries were incompatible with life.
"Based on what the team saw, there was apparently a cranial fracture and extremely serious injuries that led to his immediate death."
Audio from the two calls made by the hotel's head of reception to emergency services has also circulated online, with the employee admitting staff were "worried" a guest would put their life at risk.
In the first call, he said: "We have a guest drunk with drugs and alcohol. When he [them, gender not clear in conversation] is conscious, he is breaking everything in the room...
"We have a guest who is destroying everything in his room. We need someone to come."
After the line went dead, he called back and said: "We need you to send someone urgently because I don’t know if the guest’s life is in danger.
"They must be in a room that has a balcony. And well, we’re a little bit worried he’ll do something, that he’ll put his life at risk."
Liam's body was found in the hotel's inner courtyard at around 5pm local time.
TMZ.com reported witnesses stated Liam had been "acting erratic" in the lobby of the hotel with the outlet publishing statements suggesting the singer had smashed his laptop and had to be taken back to his room.
Authorities in Buenos Aires have since launched an investigation into the star's death and the UK Foreign Office has confirmed officials have been in touch with authorities in Argentina "regarding reports of the death of a British man".
