Pirates fan who fell onto field is former SA football player

By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive

Kavan Markwood is in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital.

The man who fell 21 feet over the Clemente Wall onto the right-field warning track at PNC Park has been identified as Kavan Markwood.

Markwood, 20, remained in critical condition Thursday after falling during the Pittsburgh Pirates-Chicago Cubs game the previous night.

A South Allegheny School District official confirmed that Markwood, a 2022 graduate of South Allegheny High School, is the man who fell.

“Everyone at South Allegheny ...

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Don’t miss the latest from Charleroi and McKeesport in Thursday’s Mon Valley Independent.