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A streetcar driver suspended by the Toronto Transit Commission for stopping his vehicle to chase down a man he thought was a sexual assault suspect is headed back to work.

“We’ve been given assurances that Dino (Oroc) will be reinstated to his operating position with no loss of wages,” said Bob Kinnear, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113.

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Mr. Oroc, a 13-year veteran of the TTC, said he was driving the 501 streetcar on Queen St. Wednesday when there was an altercation in the middle part of the car.

A “hysterical” female passenger said a man rubbed his crotch against her, Mr. Oroc said.

When the man fled the streetcar and ran away, and the woman began to chase him, the 43-year-old said he drove the vehicle further down Queen St., got out and gave chase himself. Eventually he lost sight of the man.

“I was being a Good Samaritan,” said Mr. Oroc, admitting he knows he broke the rules but did so because someone’s security was at stake.