A Queens man who made headlines last year when he was on the run for nearly three weeks after escaping city Correction Department custody has been killed by a hit-and-run driver who dragged him 12 blocks on the Upper East Side, police said Monday.

James Mossetty, 36, was crossing York Ave. mid-block near E. 72nd St. when a Toyota RAV4 driver slammed into him about 5 a.m. Saturday, cops said.

The impact knocked Mossetty to the ground and he became lodged in the SUV’s undercarriage, cops said.

The driver kept going, with Mossetty not becoming dislodged until the SUV pulled onto the lower level of the Ed Koch Queensborough Bridge about a mile later, police said.

Medics rushed Mossetty to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell, where he died.

“James was a true survivor, having

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