A 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an active MRI machine while wearing a heavy metal chain at a clinic in New York.

The Long Island man killed in a freak MRI accident while wearing a massive 20-pound chain was led into the machine room by a forgetful technician and wound up attached to the machine for an hour

The family of Keith McAllister, who who died after being sucked into an MRI machine on Long Island last week, is sharing new heartbreaking details about what happened.

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, 61, died after suffering several heart attacks following the bizarre incident at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury last Wednesday.

A family is raising money to fund the funeral of a man who died after he was sucked into an MRI machine on Long Island. Keith McAllister was helping his wife in an MRI

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.