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 man who was sucked into an MRI machine at a Long Island medical office because he was wearing a metal chain as a scan was in progress has died from his injuries, according to police.

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, 61, died after suffering several heart attacks following the bizarre incident at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury last Wednesday.

Keith McAllister was called into the MRI room by his wife to help her get on her feet but sadly, that was the last time the loving husband was ever seen alive again

Adrienne Jones-McAllister is sharing new details about the day her husband, Keith McAllister, died after being pulled into an MRI machine at a New York medical facility. "I saw the machine snatch him around and pull him into the machine. He lost, he went limp in my arms," Adrienne told News 12 Long Island.

A man died after a metal chain triggered a fatal MRI accident. His family says safety warnings were ignored. Read the full story on REVOLT.

A 61-year-old man has died after he was sucked into a MRI machine in Long Island, New York. Authorities say the man was wearing a large chain and entered a room without authorization, where he was pulled into the machine.