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Queensboro Bridge Hit-and-Run: Driver Arrested, Held on $300,000 Bond

Prosecutors charged a 71-year-old with leaving the scene, with collision investigators continuing to examine the case.

James Mossetty, 36, who escaped from Bellevue Hospital last year (right), was fatally struck by a car on the Upper East Side on Saturday, August 30, 2025. (NYPD)
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Overview

  • Police say James Mossetty, 36, was struck around 5 a.m. Saturday on York Ave. near E. 72nd St. while crossing mid-block.
  • The impact left him trapped beneath a 2021 Toyota RAV4 traveling south in the right lane, and he was dragged to the bridge’s lower level.
  • EMS took Mossetty to NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell, where he was pronounced dead.
  • Abdul Hakim, 71, of Jackson Heights, was arrested later that day, charged with leaving the scene, arraigned in Queens, and held on $300,000 bond.
  • The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad is leading the ongoing probe, and prior records show Mossetty escaped city Correction custody in 2024.