Liam Payne died instantly from multiple injuries after plunging to his death from a third floor Hotel balcony in Argentina the One Direction star fractured his skull with Emergency Services unable to save him at the scene buenos are's Emergency Services Chief Alberto crescenti told the son 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