BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – A University of Vermont graduate and former member of the Burlington business community has died.
Cassidy Rae Petit’s family says the 26-year-old died in a plane crash in Oakland, California, on January 14th.
She was flying with her fiance, Lochie Ferrier, 27, a former test pilot at Beta.
Petit graduated from UVM in 2019 and was a founding member at Hula and then at lab-grown-meat start-up Burlington Bio.
Local services will be held for her on January 28th at Hula.
