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.

Jennifer McLogan reports a Mineola judge sentenced the driver, who pleaded guilty to killing a beloved church leader in a crash.

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,

Joseph Curto, 54, of Seaford, died while hospitalized Saturday, police said. They provided no additional details. Curto had been charged with driving while intoxicated after police said his northbound 2013 Honda Pilot collided with a southbound 2008 Honda Accord just before midnight on July 15 on Seamans Neck Road.

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.

Dozens of family members and friends packed the Nassau County courtroom in support of Mitchell, who was killed in the crash, and her friend and passenger Malinda Ward, who was injured.

A Long Island man has been indicted for boating while intoxicated after a Hamptons crash that left his fiancée with a serious spinal injury.

Authorities say Joseph Caputo, 35, collided with the vehicle at the intersection of Smithtown Bypass and Hidden Ponds Circle.