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

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.

  • Null User Object@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    The “while the scan was in progress” part made it pretty clear to me that he was someplace that he wasn’t supposed to be.

    However, “unauthorized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) room” also very clearly states that the room itself did not have proper authorization.

    My guess is that it failed to get authorization due to the lack of electronic door locks that prevent people from wandering in while the machine is hot. /s