Removed #1 Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Link to Article. Text Below MANTECA, Calif. (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. The wild ride happened several days after Carroll was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance, Osborn said. Police received a phone call Feb. 23 from a witness who reported that Carroll had climbed into a 6-foot-deep trash bin in Manteca and was threatening to drown himself in the 5 inches of water that had collected at the bottom, Osborn said. "We went out there and talked to him for about an hour and he was obviously on some kind of drugs," Osborn said. Carroll was booked into county jail that afternoon and released the following day, he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I've heard of Driving women wild. . . . but that's just going too far. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I'm fairly shocked that only 2 people called 9-1-1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elyse Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Only 2 people called 911? I think THAT'S the main concern here. Society is broken. Poor woman - I hope she'll make a quick recovery and I hope that ass is put into jail. It's crazy people like that who danger society as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Thank God he didnt put the wipers on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valkyries Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 sort of thing you'd do to me dear hubby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valhalla Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Now thats not fair my love of my life, I would not have driven you all that way to get so cold you would have to go to hospital, would have swung you off at the first corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arooroomom Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 +1 for USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elenamarie Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 It's California, this isn't the strangest thing today I'm sure. I lived in Sacramento in 1989 and it was puee lunacy then. I'd hate to watch the evening news there today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCouture Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 what is wrong with people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmiles Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 I think the reason that there were so few calls to 911 is that it was 12:30 AM. There would not be as many people on the road at that time of night, and with it being dark, I am sure people going the other way had no idea it was happening. The central valley is not the highest income area, so it is not totally surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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