PICTURED: Father, 52, who died after 'accidentally' driving SUV into freezing Michigan lake - before popping trunk to let his daughters, aged 10 and 8, escape and swim to shore in middle of night Police said Jon Paul Dowler's SUV did not have an internal handle on the trunk Cops said evidence indicated he popped the trunk from the driver's side switch Dowler's daughters were able to escape and huddled on a frigid porch all night.