Pirates fan who shockingly flipped over wall onto field identified as ex-college football player

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The fan who fell over the right field wall and onto the field at the Pittsburgh Pirates’ PNC Park Wednesday night has been identified. 

Kavan Markwood, a 20-year-old former college football player, was identified as the man who fell more than 20 feet onto the right field warning track, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

It was a scary scene Wednesday night when Markwood flipped over the wall’s railing and fell onto the field in a game between the Pirates and Chicago Cubs. 

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Stadium security and Pittsburgh Pirates medical personnel carted a fan who fell from the stands onto the field to an ambulance as the Pirates batted against the Chicago Cubs during the seventh inning at PNC Park. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

Play stopped immediately as medical staff sprinted to the outfield to find a shirtless Markwood motionless on the warning track dirt with blood visible on his face. Both teams’ trainers joined EMS to get him onto a cart and off the field. 

Players from both teams got down on one knee with some looking down at the ground. 

Pittsburgh Public Safety posted on X that the incident is "being treated as accidental in nature," and Markwood was in critical condition as of Thursday morning at Allegheny General Hospital. 

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Fans who were around Markwood said he had gotten excited about a Pirates’ rally during the game and proceeded to take his shirt off and pour beer on himself before his fall, according to the Tribune-Review.

The South Allegheny School District confirmed Markwood was the