The tragic fall of 20-year-old Pirates fan Kavan Markwood from atop the Clemente Wall during a game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh earlier this week is raising questions after the team said in a statement it believes he had consumed two beers at the time. Markwood's mother said Saturday that her son was "awake" and "alert." A Pirates spokesperson said Saturday that a team investigation determined that Markwood showed no known signs of being intoxicated at the time of the fall Wednesday night. According to the spokesperson, Markwood was in a group of four people — another male and two females — and credit card receipts show the other man legally purchased drinks four times. With the purchasing the limit of two drinks at a time, the other fan bought four beers and three Surfsides, the club spokesperson said.
The man who fell from the top of a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday night is awake and alert. The organizer of a GoFundMe page for Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who slipped off a railing and onto the field during the seventh inning of Pittsburgh’s 4-3 win over the Cubs, shared an update Saturday that Markwood is improving. According to Jennifer Phillips, who is organizing the fundraiser, Markwood has made significant progress since being admitted to the trauma center at Allegheny General Hospital on Wednesday in critical condition.
Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who fell onto the field at the Pirates’ game Wednesday at PNC Park, is awake and alert as of Saturday night, according to Jennifer Phillips, the organizer of his GoFundMe page. Phillips revealed that Markwood, a former college football player, has made significant process since being admitted to Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition Wednesday. “After everything he’s been through since the accident on Wednesday night, this progress feels nothing short of miraculous,” Phillips wrote on the GoFundMe page. “He still has a long road ahead of him, but today brought a moment of hope that we’ve all been holding onto.”
