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Fatal crash overnight in Fort Myers

CREATED Jan. 28, 2013 - UPDATED: Jan. 28, 2013

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - An early morning car crash killed a Fort Myers woman and sent a Fort Myers man to the hospital. 

Fort Myers police responded to a crash on McGregor Boulevard near Olmeda Way at 3:03 a.m.  50-year-old Paul Pombier was driving north of McGregor when he lost control of his car and hit a palm tree.

The crash killed a passenger, 35-year-old TIffany Thomas.  Pompier went to the hospital as a trauma alert.

Police say that speed and alcohol played a role in the crash.

The crash shutdown McGregor for more than three hours.