{"id":103542,"date":"2026-01-17T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103542\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T21:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T21:20:11","slug":"ex-nickelodeon-child-star-kianna-underwoods-father-heartbreakingly-wonders-if-she-was-left-to-die-like-roadkill-after-brooklyn-hit-and-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103542\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Nickelodeon child star Kianna Underwood\u2019s father heartbreakingly wonders if she was left to die like \u2018roadkill\u2019 after Brooklyn hit and run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The father of former Nickelodeon child star Kianna Underwood wondered in a heartbreaking social media post if his daughter was left to die like \u201croadkill\u201d the day after she was struck by two hit and run drivers in Brooklyn.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.r.underwood\/posts\/pfbid021vtMPznpK3bF21MAM4pfgRwqmpKEhGkrAiFtcd8t6ZjM5XRj63ApYffspYqBBcRWl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Anthony Underwood posted to<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/anthony.r.underwood\/posts\/pfbid021vtMPznpK3bF21MAM4pfgRwqmpKEhGkrAiFtcd8t6ZjM5XRj63ApYffspYqBBcRWl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0early Saturday, penning his hopes that his daughter was treated with the same dignity and compassion as a fox he had once seen hit on the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid anyone try to comfort my baby as she layed dying in the street alone, or did they just stand around with their phones,\u201d the father painfully questioned in the post that has garnered support from close family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Kianna Underwood was featured on the final season of \u201cAll That\u201d in 2005. Nickelodeon<\/p>\n<p>The distraught father <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Hd7rxPATK\/?mibextid=wwXIfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">shared the news of Underwood\u2019s death on<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1Hd7rxPATK\/?mibextid=wwXIfr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>Friday, linking to a New York Post article and requesting privacy for his family. An hour later, he posted a collage of photos of happy times with his daughter throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old child star, who featured on the final season of \u201cAll That\u201d in 2005, was crossing at the intersection of Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville when she was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/16\/us-news\/woman-killed-dragged-down-block-in-nyc-hit-and-run-idd-as-former-nickelodeon-child-star-kianna-underwood-sources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">struck by two cars and dragged around 6:50 a.m. by a black Ford SUV<\/a>, law enforcement sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Underwood was crossing Pitkin Boulevard at Mother Gaston Boulevard in the crosswalk against the light on Friday morning when she was first hit by an SUV, before being run over by a black and gray sedan, as she lay on the ground,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/17\/us-news\/ex-nickelodeon-child-star-kianna-underwoods-father-heartbreakingly-wonders-if-she-was-left-to-die-like-roadkill-after-brooklyn-hit-and-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">cops said Saturday morning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Footage reviewed by The Post shows a car heading west on Pitkin Avenue, traveling for about a block before Underwood\u2019s body tumbles out from underneath it.<\/p>\n<p>The sedan, of an unknown make and model, dragged her \u201cseveral hundred feet,\u201d a police source said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Underwood was discovered with severe trauma at the intersection of Osborn Street and Pitkin Avenue, and was pronounced dead at the scene, sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old child star was crossing at the intersection of Watkins Street and Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville when she was struck around 6:50 a.m. by a black Ford SUV,\u00a0The Post reported yesterday. Obtained by NYPost<\/p>\n<p>No arrests had been made in the deadly hit-and-run by Friday afternoon. Obtained by NYPost<\/p>\n<p>Both drivers fled the scene after hitting her. No arrests have been made as of Saturday afternoon, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Underwood\u2019s death comes years after one of her former castmates issued a dire warning about her living situation.<\/p>\n<p>In a resurfaced video from late 2023, Angelique Bates issued a scathing plea for help from the cast of Nickelodeon\u2019s hit show, \u201cAll That\u201d \u2014 and blasted Nickelodeon execs for not doing anything to help Underwood,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/17\/all-that-angelique-bates-pleaded-help-for-kianna-underwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">according to TMZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bates claimed that Underwood was struggling and homeless in New York and couldn\u2019t understand why no one was stepping up to help her.<\/p>\n<p>The father of former Nickelodeon child star, Kianna Underwood, took to social media questioning whether his daughter was shown the \u201csame compassion, as someone ran her over like roadkill?\u201d in the wake of her tragic death yesterday. Facebook \/ Anthony Underwood<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, she\u2019s [Kianna Underwood] one of us and she needs help, but she\u2019s not getting it\u2026and nobody is speaking on Kianna Underwood. Nobody. But people are doing interviews making it very loud and clear that \u2018I\u2019ve got so and so\u2019s back\u2019 if they say they need anything,\u201d she blasted in the video posted to social media.<\/p>\n<p>While she didn\u2019t directly call out anyone by name, Bates was visibly frustrated that those associated with the kid\u2019s sketch show had turned a blind eye on those who needed help the most.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not understanding why nobody\u2019s talking about it. I don\u2019t understand why people are being selective with the help that they are giving when certain cast members are being very vocal when it comes to a certain cast member, when it comes to offering help. But she\u2019s like literally one of the babies,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Bates posted on Instagram shortly after Underwood\u2019s death made headlines Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cY\u2019all have no idea how much this one hurts\u2026Sick to my stomach\u2026.So many people failed baby girl,\u201d she painfully captioned a video of Underwood on \u201cAll That.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Followers of Bates flooded her comments, mourning the loss of the child-star, and acknowledged the awareness Bates brought to Underwood\u2019s post-stardom struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is so sad. I remember your video from a few years back talking about her. She deserved so much better,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYOU did everything in your power to bring awareness to her life! One of the very few, if not only, who tried to get her story out there so that there would be some kind of miracle\u2026\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>The once-child actor was homeless, police confirmed Saturday, though it\u2019s unclear for how long.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Underwood appeared in seven episodes of the final season of \u201cAll That\u201d and featured in a number of television shows and movie productions between 1999 and 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The father of former Nickelodeon child star Kianna Underwood wondered in a heartbreaking social media post if his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[98,6616,394,47027,473,57,9,24,55,54,35545,56,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-103542","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-city","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brownsville","10":"tag-celebrity-deaths","11":"tag-child-stars","12":"tag-hit-and-run","13":"tag-metro","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-city-headlines","17":"tag-new-york-city-news","18":"tag-nickelodeon","19":"tag-ny","20":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}