A 61-year-old man who suffered critical injuries after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain has died, police said Friday.

The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon at a medical building in Westbury, New York, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

Officers responded to Nassau Open MRI following a 911 call and were informed that the man “entered an unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room while the scan was in progress,” the police department said in a statement.

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    10 days ago

    Unauthorized 61 year old man walks into an active MRI room wearing a steel/gold plated neck chain… I assume he ignored the giant warning signs.

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        As long as they pass regular competency tests to prove they’re not a danger to society (e.g., intending to run for president or some nonsense like that), yeah, sure, why not.

        Otherwise, though, it’s Soylent Green time.

        Mmmm. Soylent Green.

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        10 days ago

        I wouldn’t go into an MRI room if I wasn’t a patient naked in just a gown. Fuck that.

        Even something like a belt buckle could get yanked.