Five persons died this morning when the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge in Ramsoo area of Banihal district, they said.
The deceased have been identified as Mohammad Ayub, Parveena Begum and Shabir Ahmed, Nargis Beagum and Irfan Ahmed, a police officer said, adding the victims were on their way from Banihal to Ramsoo.
The two injured have been admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura in Srinagar, he said.
In a separate incident, policemen Masoor Ahmed and Liyaqat Hussain were killed last night when the motorcycle they were riding on fell into a deep gorge in the Tikri area of Udhampur district on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, police said.