Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.
A rear-end collision with a stopped or stopping vehicle creates a prima facie case of liability with respect to the operator of the moving vehicle and imposes a duty on that operator to come forward with a nonnegligent explanation for the collision (see Rainford v Sung S. Han,
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