CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN IN A PARKING LOT AND AS THE DRIVER PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND WAS PRESSING ON THE BRAKES, THE CAR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE CAR JUMPED A CURB, AND CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE UNTIL STRIKING A TREE IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS. DRIVER SMELLED A BURNING ODOR JUST BEFORE THE ACCELERATION STARTED.