Police said a "large metallica chain" he was wearing caused him to "be drawn into the machine which resulted in a medical episode", NBC News reports. Authorities reportedly said the man, who has not been named, didn't have authorisation to enter the room.

A 61-year-old man in New York has died after he was sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging machine this week, Nassau County Police said Friday.

The necklace was described as a “large metallic chain,” according to a statement posted online by the Nassau County Police Department.