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Man dies after being pulled into MRI machine by chain necklace

A man has died after suffering a medical episode when he was “drawn into” an MRI machine by a large chain around his neck, police said Friday.

The 61-year-old was at Nassau Open MRI on Wednesday when he entered an unauthorized MRI room while a scan was in progress, Nassau County Police on New York’s Long Island said in a statement. The man has not been identified by authorities.

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