Created: 5/11/2009 6:43:31 AM 
NAPLES, FL (AP) -- Officials say a Weston teenager died while hiking the Florida Trail with a Boy Scouts troop this weekend. Collier County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Natalie Felber says 17-year-old Michael Abelman died Saturday during a hike in the Big Cypress National Preserve. Felber says authorities are investigating, but it appears Abelman's death was caused by medical problem. The group was hiking about five miles from a ranger station. The Florida Trail is a 7.7-mile trek located in South Florida that takes hikers through cypress strands and sloughs.
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