Long Island man dies after getting sucked into MRI machine while wearing large metal chain


A 61-year-old man who was sucked into an MRI machine on Long Island while wearing a metal neck chain has died from his injuries, authorities revealed Friday.

The freak accident happened Wednesday at Nassau County Open MRI in Westbury when the man was pulled into the magnetic resonance imaging machine by his “large metal chain,” Nassau County cops said in a release.

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Open MRI Place in Westbury, Long Island
The freak incident occurred Wednesday at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, Long Island. Brigitte Stelzer

Nassau Open MRI
The 61-year-old was not authorized to be in the imaging room. Brigitte Stelzer

The unidentified victim immediately suffered a serious medical episode and was pronounced dead at a North Shore University Hospital on Thursday, police said.

Officials said the man was not a patient but was accompanying someone else who was to undergo a medical scan, ABC reported.

An investigation is underway, but no criminality is suspected.


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