During the Pirates Cubs game on April 30th, Kavan Markwood fell 21 feet over the Clemente Wall in right field. Shortly after, his friend Ethan Kirkwood faced charges for allegedly giving the 20-year-old two beers at the time.
Markwood’s fall over the wall at PNC Park made national news, and this morning, inside Pittsburgh city court, Ethan Kirkwood appeared for a preliminary hearing.
Remarkably, Markwood was walking by his side, nearly five months after he fell two stories down to the field. Doctors told KDKA that Markwood sustained serious injuries to his skull, brain, spine, both sides of his ribs, and his lungs…