Nickelodeon star Kianna Underwood dead at 33 in Brooklyn hit-and-run crash
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Former Nickelodeon child star Kianna Underwood was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Brooklyn early Friday, according to Fox News Digital’s New York Police Department. He was 33 years old.
Police said Underwood was struck by an SUV while crossing an intersection in the Brownsville neighborhood, then struck again by a second vehicle. Both drivers fled the scene and have not yet been identified.
“On Friday, January 16, 2026, at approximately 6:43 a.m., police responded to a 9-1-1 call of a pedestrian striking at Pitkin Boulevard and Main Gaston Boulevard within the boundaries of the 73rd Precinct,” a DCPI spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
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Kianna Underwood at the Hairspray opening night Los Angeles after party held at the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
Investigators said the crash occurred as a black SUV approached the intersection. “Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Team determined that a black 2021 Ford Explorer SUV, driven by an unidentified individual, was traveling westbound on Pitkin Street with a green light signal…”
Police said the driver then made a dangerous turn and crossed into oncoming traffic to pass another vehicle. “The couple crossed the yellow line and drove in the wrong direction… and hit a 33-year-old woman who was trying to cross Pitkin Boulevard.”
Authorities said Underwood was in the crosswalk at the time of the collision. After the initial collision, police said Underwood was shot a second time while lying in the road.
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Former child actress Kianna Underwood was found dead Friday at Pitkin Avenue and Osborn Street in Brooklyn after being hit and dragged by a hit-and-run driver two blocks away. (Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
“As the pedestrian lay on the road, he was then struck by a black-and-grey sedan driven by an unidentified person.” According to the police statement, both drivers fled the scene before the police arrived.
Emergency medical teams pronounced Underwood dead at the scene. No arrests were made.
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Kianna Underwood played the role of Little Inez in the first national tour of the Broadway musical “Hairspray.” (Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic/Getty Images)
The investigation is ongoing by the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Team, police said.
Underwood gained recognition for her role as a child actor on Nickelodeon, where she starred in the network’s hit sketch comedy series “All That” in 2005. He also starred as Nick Jr. from 1999 to 2004. She voiced the character Fuchsia Glover in the animated series “Little Bill”.
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She then spent a year performing as Little Inez in the first national tour of the Broadway musical “Hairspray.”
“All That” was Underwood’s last credited acting role. The long-running Nickelodeon series helped launch the careers of major stars like Nick Cannon, Kenan Thompson and Amanda Bynes.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
