MANTECA, Calif. — The woman desperately gripped a windshield wiper blade, her body splayed across the hood of the minivan as it raced down a 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 witnesses, police said.
Carroll, 36, was being held without bail Wednesday at the San Joaquin County Jail, according to police.
One witness followed Carroll most of the way. Eventually, Carroll slowed down the vehicle and his wife “was able to roll off,” police said. The driver following the vehicle took the woman to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for hypothermia.
