Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Belinda Adams, the 63-year-old Walmart employee critically injured when she was struck by a vehicle Thursday evening, has been declared brain dead, according to her daughter.

Adams remains on life support at Regional Medical Center (The Med) in Memphis while the organ donation process is completed. Her daughter, Heather Veteto, said Sunday that doctors determined there is no blood flow to her mother’s brain.

“She has been pronounced clinically dead,” Veteto wrote in a social media post.

Because Adams was an organ donor, an organ donation team is now working to notify potential recipients and assemble the surgical teams needed to recover her organs.

Veteto told Jonesboro Right Now the process is expected to take two to three days.

“They said 2-3 days to notify recipients and notify the surgical team,” Veteto said. “Everything should be taken care of before Wednesday and we should be able to bring her home soon.”

Veteto said the process is extremely difficult for the family, but they are finding comfort in knowing Adams will continue to help others.

“It’s very hard to go through but we know she will get to live through the ones she saved,” Veteto said.

Adams was one of two people struck around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Harrisburg Road. The other victim, 34-year-old Michael Thomas Adkins, is a Walmart employee who was standing with Adams near a lemonade truck close to the store entrance.

Adkins suffered a concussion, a significant wound to the back of his head and injuries to his leg, shoulders and neck. His stepmother, Lisa Hogue, said he did not suffer any broken bones and is expected to recover.

Hogue said Adkins had no memory of the crash and repeatedly asked about Adams while being treated at St. Bernards Medical Center.

“He kept asking about Belinda,” Hogue said. “He said, ‘Is she OK? Is she OK?'”

Adkins and Adams were friends and regularly talked while Adkins was working.

“He always goes and talks to her on his breaks,” Hogue said. “She’s the best person there at Walmart.”

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In a follow-up conversation with JRN, Hogue said the family had not yet told Adkins that Adams had been declared brain dead.

“We haven’t told Michael that Belinda has passed,” Hogue said. “He will be crushed. Belinda was his favorite co-worker. His best friend at work.”

Two Incidents, Four Victims

Jonesboro police say the vehicle that struck Adams and Adkins fled the Walmart parking lot and, approximately six minutes later, entered Craighead Forest Park.

Police say the vehicle proceeded onto a pedestrian walking path and struck two additional people before the driver fled on foot.

Bystanders directed officers toward the suspect’s location. JPD deployed a K-9, and officers used information from the department’s Real-Time Crime Center and patrol officers to quickly identify and locate the suspect.

The suspect was apprehended following a physical encounter involving officers and the K-9.

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JPD identified the suspect as 43-year-old Michael Vincent Coleman, who remains in the Craighead County Detention Center. He was given a temporary $5 million bond.

Police reports list attempted first-degree murder and other felony charges stemming from the two incidents. Coleman is expected to make a court appearance Monday.

There were social media reports of a passenger in the vehicle with Coleman at the time of the incidents. JPD investigators told JRN that is not true. Coleman was alone.

Hope For Another Victim

The two people struck inside Craighead Forest Park were also transported to hospitals.

One of those victims, 45-year-old Christy Eppes, remains hospitalized in Memphis. Her daughter, BreAnna Esquivel, has been providing updates on social media and asking for prayers for her mother’s recovery.

“At this time, it is just a wait and see type of thing,” Esquivel wrote. “Today our specific prayer is that she wakes up soon and the healing of her brain. She has a long road ahead.”

Esquivel said doctors, nurses and hospital staff continue working toward Eppes’ recovery.

The second Craighead Forest Park victim suffered minor injuries, according to police.

A Legacy Of Giving

In her social media post, Veteto thanked the Walmart employees who worked with and supported her mother, along with those who have prayed for the family.

She also specifically thanked Pucker Up Lemonade, the business whose food truck was near where Adams and Adkins were standing when they were struck. The owners started a GoFundMe account to raise money to help the family with expenses.

“Your love and support will never be forgotten,” Veteto wrote.

Now, as the family waits for the organ donation process to be completed, Veteto said they are trying to focus on what Adams will leave behind.

Her mother did not survive the injuries she suffered Thursday night but through the gift she chose to give as an organ donor, her family believes a part of Belinda Adams will continue to live through the people whose lives she saves.

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