At a medical center in Westbury, New York, a 61-year-old man died after he was pulled into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine due to a metal chain. It is reported by ABC News with reference to the Nassau County Police Department.

New York police said the 61-year-old man was wearing a large metal chain that caused him to be "drawn into the machine." The FDA warns that MRI scan create a "strong, static magnetic field."

The man was wearing a large metal necklace when he entered a room where the machine, which uses a powerful magnetic field to create images, was operating.