Police and other security forces had launched a rescue operation after the residents informed the police that a vehicle had skidded off the Highway, he said.
"With great difficulties, the rescue team reached the ill-fated vehicle and recovered two bodies from the damaged vehicle," the officer said.
He said one of the deceased has been identified as Deepak Koul (33), a resident of Janipur in Jammu, whereas the identity of the second victim is yet to be ascertained.