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 caught in an MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, N.Y. on July 16, and died of his injuries the following day. In an emotional interview, his wife recalled him going 'limp' in her arms and watching the machine 'snatch him.

The incident occurred around 4:34 p.m. local time on the afternoon of July 16 at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, New York. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was not authorized to be in the MRI room. He reportedly entered wearing “a large ...