Long Island family alleges MRI technician invited Keith McAllister into room without metal warnings, leading to fatal accident when his chain attracted to magnetic field.

Even if he was standing there holding the chain in his hands, the strongest weightlifter would not be able to prevent this kind of an accident from happening,” said Dr. Emanuel Kanal.

A 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an active MRI machine while wearing a heavy metal chain at a clinic in New York.

A 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an MRI machine by its magnetic field at Nassau Open MRI in Long Island. Authorities are investigating the incident.

The Long Island man who was killed in a freak MRI machine accident was sporting a staggering 20-pound chain necklace adorned with a padlock at the time of the tragedy, his grieving wife said. Keith McAllister,

A man in Long Island, N.Y., is dead after a metal chain he was wearing pulled him toward an MRI machine at a private clinic, police confirmed.

A man was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large chain necklace.