A "small number" of BP New Zealand's trucks have been recalled for inspection following an incident in Australia in which three people died.
A 4-year-old boy and two women, aged 67 and 33, were killed when their cars were crushed by a BP trailer which had detached from the tanker on Wodonga-Yakandandah Rd, south of Wodonga, Victoria, yesterday morning.
It is believed the trailer detached from the tanker as it went around a bend, drifted onto the other side of the road and collided with two oncoming vehicles, Australian media reported.
BP Australia president Andy Holmes announced it would begin an inspection programme and recall its entire fleet in Victoria. Other trucks in Australia with a similar configuration as the one involved in the incident would also be checked.
BP New Zealand has since confirmed that it would follow suit.