It was a day that started like any other for Michael Colombini, a six-year-old boy from Croton-on-Hudson, New York. His family had no idea that the simple MRI scan they’d brought him in for would turn ...

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 ...

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was violently sucked into an MRI machine by a metal chain around his neck, police in New York said. The horrific incident took place at a Magnetic ...

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his ...

In July 2025, social media posts claimed a 61-year-old man died after being pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal chain. The man was not a patient but walked into the MRI room while a scan ...

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his ...

WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was pulled into an MRI machine in New York after he walked into the room wearing a large weight-training chain around his neck has died, according to police and his ...

Preparing for a successful MRI screening involves more than just lying still. Certain materials can interact with the strong magnetic field of an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine, so what you ...