Man charged with giving booze to underage Pirates fan who fell onto field: reports

A 21-year-old has been charged with providing intoxicant to the Pittsburgh Pirates instrumentality who fell from the stands onto the tract past month, according to aggregate reports.

Kavan Markwood, a 20-year-old erstwhile assemblage shot player, was identified arsenic the man who fell much than 20 feet onto the close tract informing track.

According to reports, Ethan Kirkwood was charged with furnishing intoxicant to a minor.

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An opening time assemblage watches a crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Yankees astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh April 4, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

WTAE cited a transgression complaint that highlighted surveillance video that showed Kirkwood and Markwood with intoxicant respective times. The ailment said Kirkwood admitted buying Markwood alcohol.

Pittsburgh constabulary did not instantly respond to an email from Fox News Digital.

Markwood laic connected the ungraded successful close tract aft flipping aggregate times done the aerial during the seventh inning of a Pirates’ crippled against the Chicago Cubs.

The 20-year-old broke his neck, clavicle and backmost successful the fall, but Markwood says helium is "all right" contempt a agelong roadworthy to recovery. 

A instrumentality lies connected the informing way successful close tract of PNC Park aft falling retired of the stands during the seventh inning of a crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs successful Pittsburgh April 30, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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"I can’t truly sleep. I person a batch of backmost pain," he told TribLive. 

Markwood described his injuries arsenic "broken everything," which besides included a swollen hand. 

"I deliberation erstwhile I get home, I’ll conscionable enactment crystal connected it," helium added. 

After the accident, Markwood was rushed to Allegheny General Hospital’s trauma unit, wherever helium was successful captious information astatine 1 point.

Pittsburgh Public Safety labeled what happened an accident, and fans sitting adjacent Markwood said helium had gotten excited astir a Pirates’ rally during the crippled and proceeded to instrumentality his garment disconnected and determination brew connected himself earlier the fall, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

The Pittsburgh Pirates big the Philadelphia Phillies during the 4th inning astatine PNC Park successful Pittsburgh July 21, 2024. (Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)

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Markwood played for 2 Division II shot programs, Walsh University and Wheeling University. He played astatine Wheeling successful 2023, appearing successful 4 games, according to the team’s site. 

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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