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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man who received a powerful jolt of electricity when a cable from a city trolley bus allegedly struck him in downtown San Francisco last month has sued the city.

In his claim, filed Tuesday, the San Francisco man, 46, says he has spent more than $50,000 in medical bills since the accident and claims he now suffers from seizures, double vision, headaches and pain in his right leg.

On June 25th, one of the cables of the San Francisco Municiple Railway trolley bus became disconnected from the overhanging power lines just as the man was passing near by. The cable sent 600 volts of electricity through his body.

The man is a San Francisco resident who works as an instructor at Bryman College. He spent three days in the hospital being treated for his injuries.

"I am pretty blessed to be living," he says. "I can't drive, I can't see that well, I can't walk on my own."

San Francisco lawyer Arnold Laub, who filed the claim for the man said the incident demonstrated the city isn't safe for pedestrians.

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