- 1st Place, Serial Portrait Package
- CHRIS SCHNEIDER/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
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The Crossing-Don Girnt, a longtime trooper with the Colorado State Patrol, stands at the site where a Union Pacific passenger train struck a school bus on Dec. 14, 1961, killing 20 children. It was the worst traffic accident in Colorado history. The crash and its aftermath have altered lives in unexpected and profound ways. Girnt was the first officer on the scene that day and was the lead investigator for the state patrol.
- 1st
- CHRIS SCHNEIDER
- ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
- 2nd
- Lyle Owerko
- Planet Magazine
- 3rd
- Paula Bronstein
- Getty Images
- HM
- JULIE DENESHA
- Freelance
- HM
- MELANIE BURFORD
- The Dallas Morning News
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