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Man dies after metal chain pulls him into MRI machine as wife watches: 'He waved goodbye'

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WESTBURY, Long Island A 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an MRI machine at a medical facility in New York, according to his wife who witnessed the incident.Keith McAllister was killed on Wednesday, July 16, at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury when he entered the MRI room while wearing a 20-pound metal chain, his wife Adrienne Jones-McAllister told News 12 Long Island. The incident happened after Jones-McAllister had completed her own MRI …

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WTVR broke the news in Richmond, United States on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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