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Wednesday, July 2, 2014Area:
Ft. Myers-Naples, FLFHP says a man has died after he was taken to the hospital by helicopter Thursday morning, after a single-vehicle accident near the intersection of Ben Hill Griffin Pkwy. and Miromar Lakes Blvd.
Troopers identified the man as 43-year-old Patrick Scott Butz.
It happened just after 7:30 a.m. The Florida Highway Patrol says Butz was driving southbound on Ben Hill Griffin when he lost control and slammed into a tree and a light pole. The impact spun his car around into the opposite lane and threw the man from the car.