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The wife of the Long Island man killed in a freak MRI accident this accident has broken her silence, suggesting the imaging machine’s technician is to blame for her husband’s premature death. “His body went limp,
Keith McAllister was caught in an MRI machine at Nassau Open MRI in Westbury, N.Y. on July 16, and died of his injuries the following day. In an emotional interview, his wife recalled him going 'limp' in her arms and watching the machine 'snatch him.
The 61-year-old was wearing a large metallic chain around his neck when he was drawn into the machine, Nassau County police said. He later died of his injuries.
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