Riverside, California:
A woman jumped from a pickup truck travelling at high speed on a Southern California freeway after the driver, her husband, splashed her with gasoline and set her ablaze, authorities said on Friday.
The 23-year-old woman, whose name has been withheld, has serious injuries from the fall from the pickup and remains hospitalised at Riverside County Regional Medical Center in Moreno Valley, California Highway Patrol Officer Sylvia Vargas said. The woman was expected to recover.
Constantino Monterrosas Gamez, 39, of Santa Ana, was charged Tuesday with three felonies, including attempted murder with an allegation of domestic violence causing great bodily injury, false imprisonment and making criminal threats, district attorney's office spokesman John Hall said on Friday.
Gamez remains jailed with bail set at USD 1 million pending arraignment July 28.
There's no record that he has an attorney.
Gamez was driving a Chevrolet pickup truck on July 15 at speeds up to 70 mph (113 kph) southbound on Interstate 15 in Corona when the couple began arguing, the CHP said in a news release.