The family of a Long Island man who tragically died in a freak MRI-related accident is claiming that the technician is at fault for their loved one's death.

A man has died following a freak accident in which he was sucked into an MRI machine while wearing a heavy metal chain around his neck.

McAllister responded and came into the MRI room, still wearing a 20-pound weight-training chain around his neck.

A 61-year-old man in New York has died after he was sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging machine this week, Nassau County police said Friday.

"The male victim was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck causing him to be drawn into the machine, which resulted in a medical episode," said Nassau County Police Department, which is inve...