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Reuters
21-05-2025
- Reuters
Friend charged with giving alcohol to underage Pirates fan who fell
May 21 - Charges were filed against a man who allegedly provided alcohol to an underage Pittsburgh Pirates fan who sustained serious injuries in a fall last month at PNC Park. Kavan Markwood, 20, tumbled over the railing in right field during an April 30 game against the Chicago Cubs, plummeting 21 feet onto the warning track. Ethan Kirkwood, 21, was charged Tuesday with two counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor "originating from an incident in which an underage male fell off the outfield wall at PNC Park," according to a Pennsylvania State Police public information release. Kirkwood has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 23, according to CNN Sports. The misdemeanor charge carries a fine of up to $1,000 for the first violation. Hospitalized in critical condition with injuries to his back and neck after the incident, Markwood told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in an interview on May 8 that he had "broken everything." --Field Level Media
CTV News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- CTV News
Man charged with supplying alcohol to 20-year-old who fell from outfield wall at Pirates game
A fan is carted of the field at PNC Park after falling from the stands. (Gene J. Puskar/AP via CNN Newsource) A man has been charged with supplying alcohol to the 20-year-old who was seriously injured in a fall a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Ethan Kirkwood, a 21-year-old from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was charged with two counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor 'originating from an incident in which an underage male fell off the outfield wall at PNC Park,' a police report said. CNN Sports has contacted Kirkwood and the Pirates for further comment. Court documents show that Kirkwood is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on June 23. Kavan Markwood was in critical condition after the fall, with players from both the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs visibly distressed by the incident. Markwood, who played college football at Walsh University and Wheeling University, suffered a broken neck, clavicle and back in the fall, according to Jennifer Phillips, the mother of his girlfriend. In a fundraiser set up earlier this month, Phillips said that Markwood 'is continuing his recovery with strength and resilience and preparing for the next stage of treatment.' The fundraiser organized to assist with medical bills has raised more than US$67,000 as of Wednesday. Speaking to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review earlier this month, Markwood said that he 'can't really sleep' and had 'a lot of back pain' as he continued his recovery from the fall. Written by George Ramsay, CNN
CNN
21-05-2025
- CNN
Man charged with supplying alcohol to 20-year-old who fell from outfield wall at Pirates game
A man has been charged with supplying alcohol to the 20-year-old who was seriously injured in a fall a Pittsburgh Pirates game on April 30, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Ethan Kirkwood, a 21-year-old from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, was charged with two counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor 'originating from an incident in which an underage male fell off the outfield wall at PNC Park,' a police report said. CNN Sports has contacted Kirkwood and the Pirates for further comment. Court documents show that Kirkwood is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on June 23. Kavan Markwood was in critical condition after the fall, with players from both the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs visibly distressed by the incident. Markwood, who played college football at Walsh University and Wheeling University, suffered a broken neck, clavicle and back in the fall, according to Jennifer Phillips, the mother of his girlfriend. In a fundraiser set up earlier this month, Phillips said that Markwood 'is continuing his recovery with strength and resilience and preparing for the next stage of treatment.' The fundraiser organized to assist with medical bills has raised more than $67,000 as of Wednesday. Speaking to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review earlier this month, Markwood said that he 'can't really sleep' and had 'a lot of back pain' as he continued his recovery from the fall.
Daily Mail
21-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Troubling history of man 'who bought beers for 20-year-old Pirates fan' before near-death plunge
The man charged with buying alcohol for the underage fan who fell from the outfield stands at Pittsburgh's PNC Park already had a lengthy rap sheet before the April 30 incident. Ethan Kirkwood, 21, was arrested Tuesday for allegedly buying alcohol for his 20-year-old friend, Kavan Markwood, a college football player who was left critically injured after falling 21 feet from the bleachers to the warning track during a Pirates game last month. Markwood continues to recover from a broken neck, back and collarbone, as well as a traumatic brain injury, while Kirkwood faces misdemeanor charges of furnishing alcohol to a minor. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 23. Kirkwood has admitted to buying alcohol for Markwood at the game, according to a criminal complaint obtained by WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh. Surveillance video from PNC Park shows Kirkwood buying two 24-ounce beers before another video minutes later shows Kirkwood and Markwood together, each with one beer. His previous arrests were reported Wednesday by the US Sun and corroborated by Daily Mail with the help of Lexis Nexis and various internet reports. In 2022, when Kirkwood was a minor, he pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and purchasing alcohol for another minor before being arrested and admitting to the same charges again in 2023. Markwood, 20, went tumbling over the wall and crashing onto the field in a horrifying moment This year, Kirkwood has faced several traffic violations, such as a reckless driving charge in Allegheny County. He has since pleaded guilty to careless driving and paid a $327 fine. He was also picked up for operating a vehicle without a valid inspection but managed to beat that charge. Meanwhile, Allegheny General Hospital chief medical officer Dr. Allan Philp has issued positive reports on Markwood's recovery. "I'm happy to say that he's progressed well; he's at a point now where he's off the breathing machine, he's out of the intensive care unit, and is preparing to move on to the next step, which will be physical therapy, rehab," he told WTAE. Footage from the Pirates-Chicago Cubs game shows Kirkwood jumping up and down in the front row of the right-field stands when he somehow ends up topping over the railing and landing on the warning track.
New York Times
21-05-2025
- New York Times
Police charge man with giving alcohol to underage Pirates fan who fell from PNC Park stands
A man from outside Pittsburgh is facing criminal charges for allegedly giving alcohol to Kavan Markwood, the 20-year-old who fell from the PNC Park stands onto the right field warning track during an April 20 game between the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs. Police arrested 21-year-old Ethan Kirkwood of McKeesport, Pa., on Tuesday. Online court documents show he is charged with two third-degree misdemeanor counts of furnishing alcohol to an underage person. Kirkwood is set to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on June 23. Advertisement Kirkwood's criminal record includes several past run-ins with law enforcement over alcohol-related incidents. He pleaded guilty in two separate public drunkenness cases from January and February of 2023. Both of those cases included charges for purchasing alcohol while underage. Kirkwood was 18 years old at the time of the first case, and 19 for the second. A criminal complaint obtained by WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh said Kirkwood admitted to buying alcohol for Markwood. The complaint said police reviewed surveillance video from PNC Park that showed Kirkwood buying two 24-ounce beers, and later showed Kirkwood and Markwood walking together, each holding a beer. After Markwood fell, the complaint said, security cameras recorded two women 'running down the stairs and looking for Kirkwood. Kirkwood is then seen handing a can to a female who throws it in the trash and jumping over a railing and then jumped on the field to help his friend.' Medical staff took Markwood off the field on a stretcher after his fall from the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall. He arrived at Allegheny General Hospital in critical condition. A week later, Markwood's doctor confirmed he suffered injuries to his skull, spine, ribs and lungs, and Markwood said he was dealing with 'a lot of back pain.' He had already started physical therapy at that point and had begun to walk again.
