I was coming to an intersection where two cars were waiting for a right turn. I pressed on the brakes and nothing happened. The car continued to move without slowing down. The brakes felt "blocked" and unresponsive. I engaged the manual break at the last moment and that slowed me down. But I still hit the car in front of me which in turn hit another car in front of it. The police report says "following too close". But I was not following other cars. The two cars were already at the intersection. I was just coming to this intersection and attempted to slow down as usual. Except that the brakes did not respond. My car was a total loss.