DRIVER WAS AN 18-YEAR OLD MALE, HE AND HIS PASSENGER WERE BOTH UNINJURED. TEMPERATURE WAS 25°F (-4°C) UNDER CLEAR SKIES.

"TRAIN, TRAVELING NORTH, WAS APPROACHING GRADE CROSSING OF PA ROUTE 100 (4 LANES) IN POTTSTOWN. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT FLASHING LIGHT PROTECTION WAS WORKING AND BELL AND HORN WARNING WERE SOUNDED. AS THE TRAIN APPROACHED THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF THE HIGHWAY, A CAR WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING SOUTH IN THE PASSING LANE OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. IT WAS FURTHER OBSERVED THAT THE CAR MIGHT NOT STOP OR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP. AS A COLLISION APPEARED LIKELY, THE TRAIN'S BRAKE WAS PLACED IN EMERGENCY STOP. ABOUT THIS SAME TIME THE CAR'S DRIVER APPLIED HIS BRAKES, LEAVING SKID MARKS ALONG THE ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE POINT OF IMPACT. CAR STRUCK AT POINT OF CONTACT WITH THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. THE LOCOMOTIVE STOPPED AT WESTERN EDGE OF HIGHWAY. THE CAR CAME TO REST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOCOMOTIVE. THE DRIVER APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED LIMIT AND CLAIMED HE DID NOT SEE THE FLASHING LIGHTS. BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE CLAIMED TO BE UNHURT AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS SUNNY WITH CLEAR SKIES, COLD AND THE ROAD SURFACE WAS CLEAR AND DRY. POTTSTOWN POLICE RESPONDED AND IS HANDLING THEINVESTIGATION."