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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Graig Graziosi

Long Island man wearing 9kg-metal necklace dies after being sucked into MRI machine

A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to the police.

The man, 61, had entered the MRI room while a scan was underway Wednesday afternoon at the Nassau Open MRI. The machine’s strong magnetic force drew him in by the metallic chain, according to a release from the Nassau County Police Department.

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