Mujo Jakupovic and his wife, Amira, had been driving east from St. Petersburg on the Howard Frankland about 1 p.m. with their sons, 13-year-old Emrah and 7-year-old Amar. About 200 yards from the end of the bridge, the left rear tire of their green, 1998 Ford Explorer Sport blew out. The car struck the inside wall, said Cpl. Jim Atwood of the Florida Highway Patrol.
The car bounced across four lanes of traffic, rolling over before flipping over the side of the bridge, Atwood said. Father, mother and teenage son immediately escaped from the car. But the younger son was still inside.
Amar, dressed in his soccer clothes, was unconscious and his pulse was weak. As Earle continued CPR, Hyatt steered the boat toward shore, where an ambulance was waiting.
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