Serena Sutton Smith, 54, burnt herself to death after ramming her car into another woman's car, with her foot firmly on the accelerator spinning the tires for so long that the rubbers were ripped apart, and the steel rims of the Vauxhall Nova ignited a fire possibly from braking fluid. This incident happened on a quiet country road in Gloucestershire, UK when Mrs Paula Small was driving her Fiat Punto and Smith's Nova emerges out of a side road without stopping, causing Mrs Small to avoid collision with a quick swerve and then flashing Ms Smith. Then Ms Smith pulled over on the side of the road and Mrs Small follow suit, when she's just about to step out of her car, Ms Smith rammed her Nova into the Punto, and did not stop revving as if her legs got stucked on the accelerator.Neighbors nearby then came to help thinking there was an accident with a person caught in the car, as Nicholas Willmore approaches the Nova which was still dangerously doing a massive FWD burnout, he opened the door easily to 'save' the driver and was shocked to see Ms Smith, a rather large figure person, was at extreme rage, shouting "Fcuk You!" when Willmore asked her to get out of the car as the Nova was then ablaze in flames from the underside and smoke was coming out. However Ms Smith looked as if possessed where she refused to come out of her car, and subsequently was engulfed in flames where passerbys could just watch in awe and horror.
Firemen Andrew Clayton later revealed that Mrs Smith's spinning act even gouged into the road surface by 50mm, and concluded that this incident is a deliberate act and that no one other than Mrs Smith herself could be taken accountability for the outcome. It was also later learnt that Mrs Smith was a sufferer of bipolar disorder and had a history of erratic behavior.
