At least 47 people were killed Thursday when a boat capsized in a river in Nigeria’s northwestern Sokoto state.

Axar.az reports, citing the Associated Press, that the boat was carrying people traveling to farms for work in Gorau town, in the Goronyo local government area.

Abdulkadir Yusuf, Sokoto state manager at the National Inland Waterways Authority, said the death toll stood at 47 “so far.”

Resident Samaila Garba said his 13-year-old granddaughter, Jamila Usman, was among those killed and that he had counted at least 42 bodies, most of them women and children.

“You know, during the rainy season, most women and children go to the farm to work,” he told The Associated Press.

Another resident, Aminu Dan Hajiya, said he regularly uses the same waterway to reach his farm and considered himself lucky not to have been on the boat.

“In fact, almost every household in the community has been affected,” he said.

Deadly boat accidents are common in Nigeria, particularly during the rainy season, with poor enforcement of safety regulations and the use of faulty boats without life jackets contributing to the accidents.