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.

Keith McAllister, a Long Island man, died after being pulled into an MRI machine while helping his wife during a scan.

Adrienne Jones-McAllister told how her husband "went limp" in her arms after being sucked into an MRI machine.

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,

The victim wore "a large metallic chain around his neck, causing him to be drawn into the machine," police said.

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.

The grieving family of American man, Keith McAllister, who was tragically killed after being sucked into an MRI machine have made shocking new claims.

Long Island man critically injured after entering MRI room without permission and being sucked into machine, cops say - MRI magnets are strong enough to toss a wheelchair across a room