CRIMINAL MIND

CHAPTER 6 ACCIDENT

The total damage of road accidents is very difficult to estimate as it does not only include the cost of treatment and material damage, but also indirect damages in the form of reduction of job opportunities, loss of working ability, inability to perform daily activities, direct reproductive costs of medical.

It can cause numbness, weakness, and pain. Long-term problems can be chronic pain syndrome, nerve root compression causing a loss of strength and mobility, and even depression due to ongoing pain. Whiplash is often caused by rear-end collisions. The impact causes the neck to hyperextend from a back to a forward position.

The mother and son went down the staircase where Al was greeted by the sight of delicious sausages and scrambled eggs cooked by his mother. He had already noticed his siblings as well as his daddy.

When he arrived at the dinner table he greeted his father with a warm hug and smile.

"Good morning daddy," he said sweetly.

"Good morning baby," his father replied.

Mommy Rita, on the other hand, frowned and scolded the joke.

"Baby Al treats daddy well and he's tender compared to his treatment to me." She felt sorry for herself and because of that Al laughed and eventually hug and kiss his mother but that was followed by the teasing of his teasing siblings.

"How can Al be a favorite child? so he loves daddy more, hahaha" Dustin teased Al.

Blake is the eldest daughter followed by Dustin and Al.

Al frowned and was a little annoyed as if he was about to cry because of his older brother's excessive teasing.

Mommy Rita scolded Dustin.

"Hey, stop, and early in the morning, you make your little brother cry again. Don't be like that,"

And because of that Dustin stopped teasing Al and he continued eating breakfast.

To all the children of Mr. Dante Santos, Dustin makes Al cry and annoy since their age gap is far apart but even though Dustin often does mean jokes, he is very concerned and takes care of his youngest brother.

The family ate happily and after that Dustin and Blake decided to go out of the house with Al to play Crack up with a big ball, Mr. Dante followed them to supervise and monitor his children along the highway.

The siblings came out of the house enthusiastically, it looks like they are bonding again and those are their favorite moments with the siblings so they are super close to each other, Al is carrying the big and softball, and the game is simple. Whoever is named "It" has the ball and throws it at one of the other players. That player can either dodge the ball or catch it. If the player is hit, they lose a point, and if they catch the ball, "It" loses a point. If the ball is not caught, any player can grab the ball and become "It." When a player loses five points, they are out of the game. The game continues until there is only one player left; he or she is proclaimed the winner.

But before they could start, Al noticed a Persian cat in the middle of the road, he was attracted and curious who the owner of the cat so he immediately ran towards the middle of the road.

"Albert, be careful lest a car comes and run over you." His brother Dustin warned.

Mr. Dante is also concerned about where he was standing, he looked around and he didn't notice any cars so he felt a little relieved. He was a bit far from Albert so he immediately glanced at him.

"Son, go back to the side of the road and maybe ……

He couldn't finish what he was about to say when suddenly a fast vehicle moved in Albert's direction.

The car sped off very fast and when Mr. Dante noticed the driver inside the car, it looks like he can't control the car's brakes.

"ALBERT!"

His father shouted and at the same time he ran quickly while his two children occasionally walked towards Al but it was too far in their direction.

Al turned around and he couldn't dodge right away, in a flash he was in front of the rushing car, he hugged the cat tightly and protected it but he was the one who was hit, Albert's body hit the front of the car and he suddenly rolled over- tires on the highway and spewed into the other corner, he fainted as a little blood came out of his forehead but he continued to hug the cat without even damaging the body.

Al has some scars and scratches on his body and his mommy Rita looks shocked following her husband. The driver immediately braked and quickly got out of the vehicle.

"Al! Albert!" Dustin and Blake shouted that they were confused about what to do, Mr. Dante dialed the cellphone and contacted the ambulance as well as the police at headquarters to report the accident and he quickly carried Albert in his arms.

"My God, my child." Mommy Rita said tearfully as she held her son's hands.

Moments later some residents came out of their homes and witnessed the events. They then heard vehicles coming in the distance, when the alarm went off and the two medics got out of the vehicle with a stretcher and oxygen and other apparatus, they immediately responded and loaded Albert then laid him on the stretcher while a police car carrying three policemen arrived, Mr. Dante approached them and he points the driver of the vehicle and they talked about what happened, after some negotiation Mr. Dante took his family to the ambulance and promised to follow them to the hospital after arriving at the precinct to fix what happened during the freak vehicular accident.

The Persian cat slipped out of Albert's arm but it did not leave beside him, it seemed to indicate concern and love to the person who saved its life, after the child's family boarded, the cat remained inside the ambulance and was no longer cared for by mostly its presence because they were all focused on the injured child. Residents outside their homes continued to murmur and gossip about the imminent accident in their area.