Pirates fan who fell 21 feet to field still in critical condition - ESPN

PITTSBURGH — The fan who fell from the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall in right field at PNC Park during Wednesday night's game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs remained in critical condition Thursday morning.

Pittsburgh Public Safety, which includes Pittsburgh Police and EMS, posted to X on Thursday that the «incident is being treated as accidental in nature.»

The man was identified Thursday as Kavan Markwood, according to information supplied by the Southern Allegheny School District. District Workforce Development Coordinator Laura Thomson said in a statement that the district is keeping the «former student and standout athlete» in its thoughts and prayers.

Thomson said Markwood was a 2022 graduate who «made a lasting impact» on the district community as an athlete and a «man of character.» She said Markwood was MVP of the football team during his senior year.

Markwood fell onto the warning track in right field just as Pirates star Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double in the seventh inning to put Pittsburgh ahead 4-3. Players began waving frantically for medical personnel.

Markwood was tended to for approximately five minutes by members of both the Pirates and Cubs athletic training staffs as well as PNC personnel, before being removed from the field on a cart. He was taken to the trauma center at Allegheny General Hospital, where he remained Thursday.

Pittsburgh owner Bob Nutting said the club was «deeply saddened» and «truly heartbroken» over what he called a «terrible accident.»

«In times like these, we must come together, support one another, and keep him and his loved ones in our prayers,» Nutting said in a statement. «We also want to thank and appreciate the efforts of the first responders who rushed