A Driver To Be Caught:

NCIS Headquarters:

Gibbs, Ziva, McGee, Director Sheppard and Abby were all at NCIS trying to figure out a way to catch the guy that had put Tony into the hospital. Officers Jones and McCarty were at the building with the off-duty officer who had called in the accident in the first place. Det. Johnson had been on his way home when the light he was waiting on had turned green. It had also been the same light Tony had been waiting on and Det. Johnson was behind Tony when he started moving forward.

According to Det. Johnson, the truck never hit the brakes as he headed through the light. The truck kept going after hitting DiNozzo's car and sending it into the nearest telephone pole. He'd been able to get the license plate number as had many other witnesses and had given them to Officer Jones and McCarty when they'd pulled up. Also, though he was off-duty, he said he'd recognized DiNozzo from the shooting at the Ship Yard a few months ago and had also heard about him through the grape-vine at work from someone who used to work with DiNozzo when he was a Baltimore cop.

After hearing from Det. Johnson as well as the other witnesses that had come to try and help in any way that they could, Gibbs and the team got to work trying to find the truck. Local police had been unable to find the truck as they didn't have the resources that NCIS did so McGee put out a BOLO for the truck using the license and then started putting all the witness statements together to see if they could pinpoint the direction that the truck was headed in so they knew which way to look.

Ziva started calling back some of the witnesses to get an accurate account of the night and while she was doing that Director Sheppard and Gibbs went up to MTAC to see if any of their contacts would be able to come up with something useful. With everyone busy upstairs, Abby had Palmer in her lab to help her in any way that he could. Usually Abby didn't like help when it came to her lab unless it was McGee but desperate times called for desperate measures. If Palmer could help in any way than he should be able to help instead of just sitting in Autopsy doing nothing and according to Palmer, he really did want to help.

Finding The Truck:

McGee was just about to call Gibbs down from MTAC when he walked into the squad room.

"What have you got McGee?"

"Boss, I think we've found the truck that hit Tony. We were looking at all the BOLO's for the past few days and were looking at the license number we got, well when we put the two together, a ping hit and the truck popped up on our radar."

"The truck belongs to a Kyle Jackson. He used to be a doctor until he was sued for malpractice."

"So what does this have to do with DiNozzo?"

"It was Tony's father that sued Dr. Jackson for malpractice. According to the lawsuit, Dr. Jackson had been drunk when he worked on both Tony and his mother after a car crash. Tony had whiplash and a concussion after throwing himself over his sister to save her life. And according to both Tony and his sister, their mother was talking and telling them what to do while they were in the car waiting for rescue to come." Ziva said.

"So this Dr. Jackson finds out that Tony works in the city and decides to teach his family a lesson and rams him. It doesn't make sense, not after all this time."

"Maybe it was a crime of circumstances. He just happened to be at the same light as DiNozzo was. He figured that since he knew Tony as a kid then he could get revenge on something that might not have been his fault. What does it say about the lawsuit?" Director Sheppard asked.

"That Dr. Jackson was found guilty and was fired from the hospital after the hospital had to pay the sum of $2.5 million to the DiNozzo family because of the loss. Dr. Jackson had admitted to having a drink with a friend before coming to work but that it was out of his system by the time the DiNozzo family showed up at the hospital. But a few nurses said that they could smell the alcohol on his breath and the Social Worker that he'd called down to talk to the kids said that she'd smelt alcohol on his breath."

"Well we need to find out where he lives and see if we can talk to him."

"Already have his address. Here you are Boss."

"Come on, what are we waiting for. We have a suspect to interview."

They left the building and headed for the address that McGee had found for the former Dr. Kyle Jackson. When they got there, they saw the rig parked out back and noticed that someone seemed to be home.

An Arrest To Be Made:

Gibbs, Ziva and McGee got out of the car and headed for the front door. They were met by the former Dr. Kyle Jackson as he opened the door and looked at them.

"I know why you're here and I've been waiting for you. I know what I did was wrong and I do feel sorry for it, but that guy should have spoken up all those years ago and told the courts that I wasn't drunk. When I saw him the other night waiting for his light to turn green, I saw red. When he went forward, I saw a chance I knew wouldn't come again. I've told my wife what I did and she told me that I needed to turn myself in. I do hope that he is going to be okay, please tell me that he is going to be okay."

"Kyle is that the police?"

"Yes sweetheart it is."

"Well, then it's about time. Hello officers. Kyle here told me what he did and I told him that he needed to turn himself in. When I saw that you were looking for his truck I told him and he said he didn't have to be in to work for a few days. He wouldn't tell me why he hit the man; just that he got mad all of a sudden."

"Thank you mam, but we will need to take your husband into custody now. And for the record Mr. Jackson, they don't know if my agent will survive or not. He's in a coma. They're not sure if he'll even wake up." Gibbs said obviously pissed off that the man had known it was DiNozzo before he'd hit him.

"Like I said I am sorry about what I did and I will pay for what I did for however long the courts decide to punish me."

"Yes, you will; mam."

Gibbs grabbed the former Dr. Jackson by his arm after cuffing his hands behind his back and reading him his rights. The entire ride back to NCIS was ridden in silence. They had caught the man that had hit DiNozzo. Now all that had to happen was for Tony to wake up from his coma.

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