( CNN ) -- At least 24 passengers have died in a collision in central Punjab , a province in Pakistan . A passenger van collided with a truck on a main street near the city of Bahawalpur on Tuesday morning , Sohail Tajik a senior police official from the area , told CNN . So far , 24 people have died , including seven women and one child from the same family . Twelve other people were injured and have been moved to a local hospital , Tajik said . `` We have received and shifted 24 dead bodies and 12 injured to the Victoria Hospital in Bahawalpur so far , '' rescue worker Majid Saleem told CNN . Journalist Amir Iqbal contributed to this report .
12 people also were injured when a passenger van collided with a truck . The driver of the truck, identified as 32-year-old James Alex Fields, was charged on Saturday night in connection to those deaths. The dead include seven women and one child from the same family .