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Burlington tech entrepreneur dies in Calif. plane crash

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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.

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