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

A Long Island man facing charges for a deadly drunk driving crash earlier this month has died in the hospital, police said Tuesday. Joseph Curto, 54, was the suspect in a July 15 wreck in Bethpage that killed 40-year-old Cindy Saborio, according to Nassau County police.

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.

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

A Long Island man died after a metal chain he wore was pulled into an MRI machine. His wife says the tragedy unfolded in front of her.

Keith McAllister, 61, was mortally wounded in the bizarre incident, which unfolded Wednesday afternoon inside Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, Long Island.

A late-night two-car head-on collision claimed the life of a 40-year-old woman on Tuesday in Bethpage. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, who was critically injured, was charged with drunken driving, police said.

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