KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – Six months after a motorcycle crash killed his sister and left him with severe injuries, Nolan Rainwater continues his recovery while learning to live without his best friend.
Rainwater and his sister, Jessica, were on a motorcycle together on Northshore last July when they were hit by a car. The police report states the suspect, Beth Cardwell, was in the left lane on Northshore and tried to turn right on Wilda Place. Cardwell hit Nolan and Jessica Rainwater. The crash left Rainwater with memory loss and serious injuries, including a brain injury that required his head to be surgically repaired.
“I woke up in the hospital and like I said, the first month I couldn’t sleep or remember the first month,” Rainwater said…