First Place, Spot News under 100,000 - Robert K. Yosay / The VindicatorOvercome by grief a sister hugs her older sister after she was shot by a passing car with the bullet passing through her 10 year old nephews head then into her sister - killing the nephew and the pregnant sister and the baby .
Second Place, Spot News under 100,000 - Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-SunWhile standing inside the van he was driving, John Schultz, 18, of New Carlisle talks with Bethel Township Fire Department medic, Jennica Stout and bystander Larry Tate, after he was involved in a two vehicle accident at the intersection of West National and Medway-Carlisle roads.
Third Place, Spot News under 100,000 - Stephanie Krell / Record-CourierBrimfield Police Officer Russell Diehl comforts the older brother of a teenaged Cleveland youth, Ronzell Carter, 15, who drowned at Sandy Lake in Rootstown, July 31, 2007. The three young male relatives flipped a paddle boat they were playing on not realizing that the one boy couldn't swim.
Award of Excellence, Spot News under 100,000 - Barbara J. Perenic / Springfield News-SunGerman Township paramedics Sherree Liming and Richard Craig work to extricate an injured seven-year-old boy from the wreckage of a Chevy Cavalier that struck a tree on Tremont City Road in Springfield. The accident killed the adult driver and front seat passenger and injured two children who were in the back seat.
Award of Excellence, Spot News under 100,000 - Duncan Scott / The News-HeraldPastor Hannu Vepsalainen comforts Michele Brentar outside her home at 6720 Fay Road in Concord Township. The house was gutted by fire Christmas day, killing a family dog. Vepsalainen, a neighbor of Anthony and Michele Brentar's, is spearheading a donation drive for the Brentar's.
Award of Excellence, Spot News under 100,000 - Luke Wark / Sandusky RegisterTom Roberts of Chippewa Falls, Wis. was in good spirits while being questioned after retrieving his laptop from the remains of the semi truck he rolled on the Ohio Turnpike east-bound exit ramp at Ohio-4. Roberts lost control of his rig while exiting and rolled the semi into a small field, walking away with only minor cuts and bruises.
Award of Excellence, Spot News under 100,000 - Marshall Gorby / Springfield News-SunGrief overcomes some of the family members of the three Chinese students from Urbana University as they view the intersection of Urbana Road and Moorefield Road where their loved ones were killed in a traffic accident last week.
