Former Nickelodeon star Kinna undergrowthThe father of would ask himself – and others – a painful question following the death of his daughter by hit-and-run.
“So this time [my partner] Tia Ynvme Taylor and I was in the Catskills and we saw this fox on the road. I could tell he was hit. Anthony UnderwoodKianna’s father, wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post shared on Saturday, January 17: according to People.
“It was a dangerous curved road and I considered moving our car to the middle of the road so it wouldn’t get hit again,” he reportedly continued in his post. “But before I could do anything, someone came around the corner and didn’t slow down when I started flashing my high beams. Then the driver ran over the fox, I remember the horror I felt when I saw this. Another driver stopped and picked up the fox that was still alive and put it on the side of the road.”
He continued: “All I can think about is did anyone show the same compassion to my baby, when someone ran her over like a car accident. Did someone try to comfort my baby while she was dying alone in the street, or did they just stand there with their phone.”
Former Nickelodeon star Kianna Underwood has died following a hit-and-run accident. She was 33 years old. Us Weekly can confirm. that Underwood was identified as the victim of a hit-and-run in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood on Friday, January 16. New York police confirmed that a female victim, later identified as Underwood, was […]
Kianna was identified as the victim of a hit-and-run in Brooklyn on Friday, January 16. Us every week previously confirmed. The 33-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.
“On Friday, January 16, 2026, at approximately 6:43 a.m., police responded to a 911 call regarding a pedestrian struck at Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard, within the confines of the 73 Precinct,” a New York Times spokesperson said. “Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad determined that a black 2021 Ford Explorer SUV, driven by an unidentified individual, was traveling westbound on Pitkin Avenue with a green traffic light in its favor as it approached the intersection of Mother Gaston Boulevard.”
The spokesperson continued, “He improperly crossed the double yellow line and traveled against the flow of traffic in the eastbound lane to pass a vehicle that was beginning to turn right from westbound Pitkin Avenue to northbound Mother Gaston Boulevard and struck a 33-year-old female pedestrian who was attempting to cross Pitkin Avenue in the marked crosswalk from the northeast corner to the southeast corner, against the pedestrian light.” »
According to authorities, while Kianna was “lying on the roadway,” she was “then struck by a black and gray sedan, driven by an unidentified individual.”
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“EMS responded and pronounced the pedestrian deceased at the scene,” the spokesperson added. “Vehicle operations did not remain on scene. There were no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad.”
On Friday, Anthony confirmed his daughter’s untimely death via Facebook, sharing a post about the hit-and-run while asking for privacy.
“Please give me and my family time to process this,” he captioned the status update at the time. “THANKS.” The father also shared a link to a NY Post article regarding the accident.
Kianna was best known for starring in All that. She appeared in seven episodes of the Nickelodeon sketch comedy show from 2004 to 2005. Her co-stars included Saturday evening liveIt is Kenan Thompson, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon and more.
