The One Direction singer died on Oct. 16 after falling from the balcony of his hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Singer Liam Payne's medical cause of death has been confirmed in a UK inquest opening as "polytrauma". The One Direction star died on 16 October after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires. Polytrauma is a term for multiple traumatic injuries which have been sustained to a person's body and organ systems.

Liam Payne‘s cause of death has been confirmed, three months after the singer tragically fell to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony. A British inquest into Payne’s death found the medical cause was “polytrauma”—or multiple traumatic injuries.

A UK inquest into Liam Payne’s death has started. Dr Roberto Victor Cohen said at a hearing at Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court that the cause of Liam Payne’s death was “polytrauma”. The court was told it might take the UK authorities “some time” to establish exactly what happened to Liam Payne in the hours before his death.

An autopsy conducted in the country found that he died from multiple injuries and external bleeding, but a UK inquest was also opened into the singer’s death. Liam Payne’s 1D bandmates, James Corden and more friends and musicians mourn singer That inquiry,

The death inquest of former One Direction member Liam Payne has revealed shocking new details. The court has officially linked his tragic passing to 'polytrauma,' a term used to describe multiple severe injuries.

The medical cause of death for former One Direction singer Liam Payne has been confirmed as "polytrauma" following an inquest opening at Buckinghamshire Coroner's Court.