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NYPD Says Two Vehicles Hit Ex-Nickelodeon Actor Kianna Underwood in Fatal Brooklyn Hit-and-Run

Police identified a black 2021 Ford Explorer traveling counterflow along with a black-and-gray sedan as vehicles of interest, prompting a public appeal for tips.

Overview

  • Underwood, 33, was struck around 6:50 a.m. in Brownsville and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.
  • Detectives say the Explorer crossed the double yellow line, drove against traffic, and hit her as she crossed at a marked crosswalk on Pitkin Avenue.
  • A black-and-gray sedan then struck her while she was on the roadway, and both drivers fled without stopping, with no arrests reported.
  • Surveillance footage cited by media shows a vehicle traveling roughly a block with her trapped beneath it before her body dislodged.
  • The NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad is leading the probe and seeking information, as her father requests privacy; Underwood was known for All That and for voicing Fuchsia on Little Bill.