A few days earlier somebody had rear-ended him.

几日前，他的车被人追尾了。

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A truck rear-ended his car.

一辆卡车撞入他的汽车尾部。

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Singer Whitney Houston rear-ended a city bus with her sports car, but no one was hurt.

著名美国歌星惠特尼·休斯顿周三(12月15日)驾车时，不慎与一辆公交车追尾，所幸无人受伤。

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Six people from rural Wisconsin were killed when the tractor-trailer rear-ended their Ford Expedition at about 11:13 a.m.

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The bus rear-ended a sedan in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles, around 6:30 p.m. local time.

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Soriano was arrested Saturday after the SUV he was driving rear-ended a van on a freeway outside Las Vegas, police said.

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