Oh that's a real easy one: somebody put a lockup trans in it, but it's low on fluid..so when you rev it the pump charges the converter..but the lockup valve is stuck..so: boom! ..or not.
As completely possible as this theory is, it's probably not the case.
Good thinking though.:D
And the problem with the brake idea's above is that even if the brakes were completely locked up it still wouldn't kill the engine.
I think people are only reading the headline and not the rest of the story.
