{"id":104824,"date":"2026-01-19T17:09:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104824\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:09:33","slug":"owner-found-by-nypd-of-suv-that-stuck-former-child-star-kianna-underwood-in-fatal-brooklyn-hit-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104824\/","title":{"rendered":"Owner found by NYPD of SUV that stuck former child star Kianna Underwood in fatal Brooklyn hit-run"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0 owner of one of the vehicles involved in the fatal Brooklyn hit-and-run of former child actor Kianna Underwood<\/a> has been located, police sources said Monday.<\/p>\n

The owner told police he was getting a lawyer and would not answer any questions, sources said.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> seized his vehicle, a black 2021 Ford Explorer, and are examining surveillance footage to determine if the owner was driving when Underwood was struck in Brownsville Friday morning or if someone else was behind the wheel. No charges were immediately filed.<\/p>\n

Police are also still looking for the driver of the other vehicle, a sedan, that then struck 33-year-old Underwoood, dragging her more than two blocks.<\/p>\n

The former Nickelodeon star was crossing at Pitkin Ave. and Mother Gaston Blvd. in the crosswalk but against the light when she was struck by the SUV driver.<\/p>\n

The driver was heading west on Pitkin Ave. and had the green light but veered across the double yellow line to pass another vehicle and wound up striking Underwood, police say. Video obtained by police shows the driver going against traffic and striking Underwood then disappearing from the video frame without slowing down, sources said.<\/p>\n

Underwood was struck moments later by the driver of a black-and-gray sedan, with Underwood then dragged for more than two blocks before her lifeless body came loose from the car. That driver also did not stop.<\/p>\n

\"Kianna<\/p>\n

Obtained by Daily News<\/p>\n

Kianna Underwood was found dead at Pitkin Ave. and Osborn St. in Brooklyn on Friday after she was struck by two vehicles. (Obtained by Daily News)<\/p>\n

The grisly incident laid bare Underwood\u2019s tragic fall from grace \u2014 from a kind and talented young girl who appeared on Nickelodeon\u2019s \u201cAll That\u201d to an adult who had fallen on hard times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Daily News reported Sunday that fellow \u201cAll That\u201d alumnus Angelique Bates in November 2023 said on Instagram that Underwood was homless and needed help.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what the whole situation is. You don\u2019t know if there\u2019s addiction. You don\u2019t know if there\u2019s mental illness. You don\u2019t know what is at play right now,\u201d she said, adding that fundraising wouldn\u2019t be enough. \u201cThere has to be a plan to make sure that they\u2019re getting all the proper assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0 owner of one of the vehicles involved in the fatal Brooklyn hit-and-run of former child actor Kianna…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":{"0":"post-104824","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-city","12":"tag-county","13":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-local-news","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-new-york-county","19":"tag-news","20":"tag-nyc","21":"tag-nyc-crime","22":"tag-sub-county-region"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104824","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=104824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}