Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with one bill of costs.
"[A] rear-end collision with a stopped vehicle creates a prima facie case of negligence with respect to the operator of the moving vehicle and imposes a duty on the operator of the moving vehicle to rebut the inference of negligence by providing a nonnegligent explanation for the collision" (Carhuayano v J&R Hacking,
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