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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.
The man was wearing a large metal necklace when he entered a room where the machine, which uses a powerful magnetic field to create images, was operating.
A man who was sucked into an MRI machine and suffered severe injuries on Long Island has died, according to police.
Keith McAllister, a Long Island man, died after being pulled into an MRI machine while helping his wife during a scan.
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
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.
Adrienne Jones-McAllister told how her husband "went limp" in her arms after being sucked into an MRI machine.
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.
Keith McAllister, 61, was mortally wounded in the bizarre incident, which unfolded Wednesday afternoon inside Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, Long Island.
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