A 33-year old trader, Madam Afia Kusase died on Wednesday when she and other passengers jumped from a moving vehicle on which they were travelling from Kurosuaa, a village in Sunyani Municipality to Sunyani.
Assistant Superintendent of Police Paul Wesley Baah, Brong Ahafo Regional Director of Motor, Traffic and Transport Unit of Ghana Police, told the Ghana News Agency that the brakes of the vehicle Toyota Dyna truck with registration number GR573U, which was carrying traders to the Wednesday market in Sunyani failed when descending a hill and the passengers panicked and started jumping from the vehicle to escape from an accident.
The deceased landed on the ground with the head and broke her neck and she was rushed to the regional hospital in Sunyani where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver's mate, Kwasi Masuyaro, in an attempt to prevent other passengers from jumping down also fell and is on admission at the same hospital and is in a serious condition, ASP Baah added.
He said the passengers who had the courage to stay on the vehicle escaped unhurt and the vehicle came to a stop without further mishap.
ASP Baah advised passengers to remain calm in such situations.
He said 11 of the passengers who received minor injuries were treated and discharged but two others, including the mate and one Kwaku Vinkpedope, whose conditions were serious, were on admission.
Meanwhile the body of the deceased has been deposited at the hospital's mortuary.