A cab driver from Queens was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly mowed down a former Rikers Island inmate who had escaped from custody for several weeks last year.

Abdul Hakim, 71, is accused of slamming into James Mossetty, 36, as he was crossing at York Avenue and East 72 Street in the Upper East Side shortly before 5 a.m. Saturday, according to police.

Mossetty somehow became lodged in part of the car, a 2021 Toyota RAV4, and was dragged for several blocks before he became dislodged on the Queensboro Bridge, the NYPD said.

The pedestrian was pronounced dead upon arrival at New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Hakim was busted hours later.

James Mossetty, 36, died after he was struck and dragged by a taxi in

Manhattan.

When interviewed by police, Hakim admitted

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