Overview
- Investigators determined a black 2021 Ford Explorer crossed the double yellow line into oncoming traffic on Pitkin Avenue and struck the 33-year-old as she crossed in a marked crosswalk in Brownsville.
- While she lay in the roadway, a black-and-gray sedan hit her second, and both drivers left the scene before responders arrived.
- Emergency crews pronounced Underwood dead at Pitkin Avenue near Osborn Street after severe head and body trauma, with street video showing her being dragged under a vehicle.
- Police recorded initial 9-1-1 calls around 6:43–6:50 a.m., and the probe remains active as detectives seek tips to identify the fleeing motorists.
- Underwood’s father publicly acknowledged her death as tributes from former All That colleagues and fans recalled her Nickelodeon and Little Bill work.