Information about the death of a former band member One Direction Reuters reported on Wednesday before midnight. Liam Payne was found dead after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina – reported the local newspaper “La Nacion”, citing the local rescue services.
As a result of the fall, the singer suffered “very serious injuries.” In an interview with local television, the head of the city's emergency medical service, Alberto Crescenti, added that “there was no possibility of resuscitation”.
The musician's death was confirmed by the Argentine police.
Liam Payne is dead. The former One Direction member was 31 years old
The head of the city's emergency medical service said that an ambulance was dispatched to the scene of the incident at 17:04 local time after the report was received.
Medics arrived in front of the hotel after seven minutes. They confirmed the man's death and identified him as the former One Direction singer.
One Direction appeared on the scene in 2010, when then teenagers Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik took part in the British television competition “The X Factor”. In 2016, the group announced that they were going to discontinue operations for an indefinite periodbut it doesn't fall apart.
In 2019, Payne released his self-titled solo album “LP1”.