UK inquest confirms ‘Polytrauma’ as Liam Payne’s cause of death

THE NATION

Singer Liam Payne‘s cause of death has been confirmed in the opening of an inquest in the UK.

The former One Direction star died on October 16 last year after falling from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires.

Dr Roberto Victor Cohen confirmed his medical cause of death was “polytrauma” — a term used to describe a person’s body and internal organs having sustained multiple injuries.

Senior Coroner Crispin Butler told the hearing, held on December 17, it would take “some time” to formally confirm what led to the 31-year-old’s death.

“Whilst there are ongoing investigations in Argentina into the circumstances of Liam’s death … it is anticipated that procuring the relevant information to address particularly how Liam came by his death may take some time through the formal channel of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office,” the BBC quoted him as saying.