Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
The defendant, the owner of a stopped vehicle struck by the plaintiff's vehicle, established its prima facie entitlement to summary judgment. A rear-end collision with a stopped vehicle establishes a prima facie case of liability against the moving vehicle and imposes a duty of explanation on its driver (see, Bando-Twomey v Richheimer,
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