The family of a young boy who was killed at the Westchester Medical Center in 2001 has reached a $2.9 million settlement with the hospital.

6-year-old Michael Colombini of Croton-on-Hudson was struck in the head by an oxygen tank while receiving an MRI. Colombini was lying in the MRI chamber when a hospital staffer brought a metal tank into the machine's magnetic field. The large magnets attracted the tank, which struck the boy in the head.

The boy's family filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in early July of 2002. According to Colombini's attorney, the case was close to going to trial when the settlement was reached.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of medical malpractice or negligence, please contact a Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney of Lowenthal & Abrams, P.C. by calling 215-329-3511.