A man died last week after being pulled into an MRI machine by a “large metallic chain” police said he was wearing around his neck – highlighting the importance of checking for any metallic objects ...

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WESTBURY, Long Island — A 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an MRI machine at a medical facility in New York, according to his wife who witnessed the incident. Keith McAllister was killed ...

A man who died after being pulled into an MRI machine was wearing a 9kg weight-training chain around his neck while his wife was undergoing a scan, officials have revealed. According to Nassau County ...

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his ...

In July 2025, social media posts claimed a 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain. The man was not a patient but walked into the MRI room while a scan ...

*A routine knee scan at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, Long Island, turned fatal when Keith McAllister, 61, was pulled into the MRI machine by the force of its magnetic field. As The Independent reports ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A 61-year-old man who was wearing a 20-pound ...

I saw the snatched him around and pulled him into the machine. He he lost. He went limp in my arms. Adrianne Jones McAllister says her husband Keith McAllister died after he was sucked into an MRI ...