Calif. man arrested for driving 35 miles with wife on hood

[somone]

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/WaterCooler/wireStory?id=13041448

Calif. Woman Survives 35-Mile Ride on Minivan Hood

MANTECA, Calif. March 2, 2011 (AP) - The woman desperately gripped a windshield wiper blade, her body splayed across the hood of the minivan as it raced down a Northern California freeway in the middle of the night, reaching 100 mph, witnesses said.

With the temperature hovering in the low 30s, Christopher Michael Carroll drove 35 miles from Manteca to nearby Pleasanton on Saturday with his wife clinging to the hood, prompting 911 calls from at least two alarmed witnesses, police said. Carroll, 36, was being held without bail Wednesday at the San Joaquin County Jail on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping and domestic assault, according to sheriff's department records.

Carroll got into the family's minivan around 12:30 a.m. Saturday after he and his wife had an argument at their Manteca home, said police spokesman Rex Osborn. "She kind of goes with the van to try to stop him, gets up on the hood and is hanging on to the wiper blade," he said. "She obviously didn't think he would keep driving." Carroll sped through Manteca, got on the freeway and didn't pull over until he reached Pleasanton, Osborn said. One witness followed Carroll most of the way and told police his speed reached 100 mph.

Eventually, Carroll slowed down the vehicle and his wife "was able to roll off," Osborn said. The driver following the vehicle took the woman to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for hypothermia. Carroll returned home, where police arrested him a short time later, Osborn said. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday, and authorities said they wouldn't know whether he has an attorney until then...

[valerief]

1. Good god. He's as evil as a Republican congressman. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

2. ...

:wow:

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. I would sure like to hear both sides in their own words

The humor values would be tremendous

[smiley]

4. as horrible as this really is

I had to chuckle. sorry

[uppityperson]

8. How is this funny? Serious question.

[NuclearDem]

5. I want to laugh, and I want to cry at the same time

Instead all I get is a mix between a huh, a laugh, and a sob.

[Johonny]

6. don't do meth

[krispos42]

7. Visual aid

[somone]

9. More details:

http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/article/21395/

...Officers were called by two motorists who said they witnessed Carroll driving his green 1999 Mercury Villager minivan southbound on Main Street going through a red light with a woman on the hood of the vehicle. The motorists told officers they believed the vehicle had probably been involved in a pedestrian accident and the woman was a victim.

The two witnesses – one from Manteca and the other from Modesto – followed the van onto westbound Highway 120 at speeds that they said reached 100 miles per hour with the woman stretched across the hood of the vehicle. They followed the van that they said was being driven recklessly in and out of traffic down I-5 to Highway 132 and on to its interchange with the westbound 580 freeway. When the van turned off on a Pleasanton off ramp, they were close behind.

Police said, as the vehicle slowed, the woman rolled off and fell to the side of the road as her husband continued on into Pleasanton. The pursuing motorists stopped to give her aid and made a call to the Highway Patrol. The traffic officers reportedly called for an ambulance and had her transported to a Pleasanton hospital where she was believed to be suffering from hypothermia – which is recognized through a significant drop in body temperature. Officers said the outside temperature was about 45 degrees made worse with the 100 mile per hour wind chill factor that caused temperatures to drop substantially.

A Pleasanton police officer made contact with the Manteca Police Department by telephone after midnight quoting the victim who reportedly told the officer her husband had been trying to kill her. Carroll told officers that a fight between the couple had begun outside their home in the 100 block of Willow Avenue where she alleged her husband had threatened to gouge her eyes out...