rear-end 復習

アメリカ、ミシシッピ州で、ハロウィーンで仮装した子供たちを乗せたトレーラーに車が追突し、大人1人と子供2人が死亡しました。

Fatal Trick-or-Treat Trailer Crash Was 'Chaos'

An adult and two children died Monday when a trailer carrying trick-or-treaters crashed into another vehicle in Newton County, Mississippi, authorities said.

The accident occurred around 7:45 p.m. when a Ford F250 rear-ended the trailer, which was being pulled by a Jeep Wrangler, according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. The cause was unclear.

The dead victims were related, according to The Associated Press.

In addition to the fatalities, police said, there were multiple injuries in the crash.

"It was just chaos," Newton County Coroner Danny Shoemaker told the AP, describing the scene of the wreck on U.S. Highway 80 in Chunky, a town near the Alabama border, about 80 miles east of Jackson, Mississippi.

Three helicopters and multiple ambulances took the injured to hospitals, and some had life-threatening injuries, police said.

Those on board the trailer, including children and adults, were going house to house trick-or-treating, according to Staff Sgt. Andy West.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-trick-treat-trailer-accident-mississippi-chaos/story?id=43208391

取り上げる表現は"rear-end"です。

『ジーニアス英和辞典の第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、"rear"には「後部、うしろ、背後」などの意味があり、"rear-end"で「後部に追突する」という意味がありました。また、ハイフン無しで"rear end"だと、「(乗り物の)後部、尻、けつ」という意味があります。

アメリカの郊外では、ハロウィーンの日に、干し草を敷いた馬車に見立てた「ヘイライド」というトレーラーに仮装した子供たちを乗せ、お菓子をもらうためにイベント会場を巡る行事が盛んに行われているそうです。(Akim)

rear-ended - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
rear-end - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から