A boat carrying over 100 passengers sank in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State, leaving a dozen people dead, rescuers said on Wednesday.

The State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said in a statement that 29 bodies were recovered and 50 people were rescued, while two were still unaccounted for.

News agency Reuters cited a local government official as saying that the death toll was rising and had reached as high as 60.

The vessel departed from Tungan Sule in Malale district on Tuesday morning, heading to Dugga for a condolence visit, when it struck a submerged tree stump near Gausawa community in Borgu Local Government Area.