BANGOR DAILY NEWS • March 1, 2025
A 53-year-old Massachusetts woman was killed in a snowmobile crash Friday afternoon in Piscataquis County. At about 1:30 p.m., Stefanie Cappello of Southborough, Massachusetts, was traveling north on snowmobile trail ITS 85/86 with a group of other snowmobiles, heading towards Millinocket, according to Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Warden Service. Cappello, who was riding eighth in the line of nine snowmobiles, was unable to navigate a turn on the trail and her snowmobile struck a tree. Cappello was declared dead at the scene. The initial investigation blamed operator inexperience.