Nickelodeon star Kianna Underwood dead at 33 in Brooklyn hit-and-run crash

Former Nickelodeon little one star Kianna Underwood died in a crash in Brooklyn early Friday, the New York Police Division mentioned, Fox Information Digital can affirm. She was 33.

Police mentioned Underwood was hit by an SUV as he crossed an intersection within the Brownsville neighborhood, then hit once more by a second automobile. Each drivers escaped unscathed and are nonetheless unknown.

“On Friday, January 16, 2026, at roughly 6:43 a.m., police responded to a 9-1-1 name of a pedestrian being assaulted at Pitkin Avenue and Mom Gaston Boulevard inside the confines of the 73rd Precinct,” a DCPI spokesperson advised Fox Information Digital.

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Kianna Underwood on the Los Angeles Hairspray opening afterparty on the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Photos)

Investigators mentioned the crash occurred as a black SUV approached the intersection. “Additional investigation by the NYPD Freeway District Collision Investigation Squad revealed {that a} black 2021 Ford Explorer SUV pushed by an unidentified particular person was touring westbound on Pitkin Avenue with a inexperienced mild sign…”

Based on police, the motive force then made a harmful flip and crossed into oncoming site visitors to move one other automobile. “It crossed the double yellow line and traveled countercurrent… putting a 33-year-old lady who was making an attempt to cross Pitkin Avenue.”

Authorities say Underwood was within the crosswalk on the time of the collision. After the preliminary influence, police mentioned Underwood was struck a second time whereas mendacity on the roadway.

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Former little one actor Kianna Underwood was discovered lifeless at Pitkin Avenue and Osborn Avenue in Brooklyn on Friday after she was allegedly hit and dragged by a hit-and-run driver two blocks away. (Theodore Parisienne/New York Day by day Information/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Photos)

“Whereas the pedestrian was mendacity on the roadway, she was subsequently struck by a black and grey sedan pushed by an unknown particular person.” Based on investigators, each drivers fled earlier than police arrived.

Emergency medical companies pronounced Underwood lifeless on the scene. No arrests have been made.

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Kianna Underwood carried out as Little Inez within the first nationwide tour of the Broadway musical “Hairspray.” (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Photos)

Police mentioned the investigation remains to be ongoing by the NYPD Freeway District Collision Investigation Squad.

Underwood was finest identified for her work as a toddler actor at Nickelodeon, showing within the community’s hit sketch comedy sequence “All That” in 2005. She additionally voiced the character Fuchsia Glover on the Nick Jr. animated sequence ‘Little Invoice’ from 1999 to 2004.

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She later carried out for a 12 months as Little Inez within the first nationwide tour of the Broadway musical “Hairspray.”

“All That” was Underwood’s final credited appearing position. The long-running Nickelodeon sequence helped launch the careers of main stars, together with Nick Cannon, Kenan Thompson and Amanda Bynes.

The Related Press contributed to this report.