Kianna Underwood dead: Ex-child star killed in hit-and-run in New York City as police investigate
A former Nickelodeon star has died after a hit-and-run incident in New York City.
Kianna Underwood, 33, was struck by two vehicles and dragged down a street in Brooklyn in the early hours of Friday morning (January 16), according to police.
The incident happened as Underwood was crossing Pitkin Avenue in the Brownsville neighborhood, where police said she was first hit by a black Ford SUV. As she was lying injured in the street, she was then run over by a second vehicle described as a black and gray sedan.
The second car dragged Underwood several hundred feet down the street before fleeing the scene. Authorities said neither driver stopped, and no arrests have been made.
Underwood was found with severe trauma at the intersection of Pitkin Avenue and Osborn Street. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The make and model of the second vehicle remain unknown, police said. The investigation is ongoing.
Underwood appeared on Nickelodeon’s sketch comedy series All That in 2005. She also provided voice work for the animated series Little Bill and the TV movie Santa, Baby in 2001. Earlier in her career, she appeared in the indie film The 24-Hour Woman in 1999.
Outside of television and film, Underwood performed on stage and played the role of Little Inez during the first national tour of Hairspray.
A relative, Anthony Underwood, confirmed her death in a Facebook post, writing, “Please give me and my family time to process this. Thank you.”