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Former Nickelodeon Actor Kianna Underwood, 33, Killed in Brooklyn Hit-and-Run as Police Search for Fleeing Drivers

Police are analyzing street video to identify fleeing drivers after reports she was dragged then struck by a second vehicle.

Overview

  • Underwood was hit just before 7 a.m. at Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
  • NYPD said a black Ford SUV initially struck her, and she was subsequently hit by a black and gray sedan; the drivers of both vehicles did not remain on scene.
  • Surveillance footage reviewed by media shows she was dragged under a vehicle for about a block to nearly two blocks, with her body found near Osborn Street and Pitkin Avenue.
  • The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad is leading the probe and is reviewing video and witness accounts; no arrests have been announced.
  • Underwood was a former child performer known for Nickelodeon’s All That and for voicing Fuchsia Glover on Little Bill, and her family has requested privacy.