'Runaway' ma back at wheel
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by David Craik • Michael Rayner, the driver involved in April's MI runaway Scania drama, has been sent out back behind the wheel by his agency to transport chemicals for Lutonbased Richfield Products despite serious doubts over his fitness to safely carry out the job.
Rayner has been charged with dangerous driving following the incident (CM 14-20 May). He came to Richfield through Hertfordshire-based agency ADR, the firm which
hired Rayner out to waste tractor Polkacrest, the corr he was driving for in April Andrew Donaldson, an manager at Richfield, "ADR offered us a driver Connor Hawkins. They to he had changed his name Michael Rayner and Rayner had been involvec previous incident which now over." Donaldson say: as soon as he found out Hawkins was the same involved in the M1 incidei was told to leave.
In May Rayner had bee tially praised by police for ing calm as his truck trai down the M1 at 70 However, questions have arisen over his actions, newspaper reports claime incident was a publicity and that Rayner suffered an attention seeking disorC
ADR refused to corru-ne Michael Rayner.
El Rayner will appear b Hendon Magistrates Court November.