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PITTSBURGH (WBOY) — After a 20-year-old fan was hospitalized after falling over the railing at PNC Park last month, a man is now facing charges after allegedly buying him alcohol.
According to a news release from the Pennsylvania State Police, Ethan Kirkwood, 21, of McKeesport, Pa., has been charged with furnishing alcohol to minors in connection to the case, a misdemeanor in Pennsylvania that carries a $1,000 fine upon the first conviction.
The man who fell was 20-year-old Kavan Markwood, who is also from McKeesport and had a brief stint as a football player for Wheeling University. Markwood was placed in critical condition after falling from the 21-foot-high Clemente Wall while celebrating a two-run double hit by Andrew McCutchen against the Chicago Cubs on April 30.
Since the fall, Markwood has begun the path to recovery, telling the public on May 8 that he is “all right.” He has since been moved out of the intensive care unit last Allegheny General Hospital and has entered the physical therapy and rehab process.
Despite Kirkwood’s charge, authorities in Pittsburgh have determined that Markwood’s fall was “accidental in nature.”
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