{"id":218370,"date":"2026-01-23T02:54:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/kianna-underwoods-dad-speaks-after-her-death\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T02:54:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:54:33","slug":"kianna-underwoods-dad-speaks-after-her-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/23\/kianna-underwoods-dad-speaks-after-her-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kianna Underwood\u2019s Dad Speaks After Her Death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family of former Nickelodeon actor <\/span><b>Kianna Underwood <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is grieving her sudden death following a tragic hit-and-run in Brooklyn. She was 33.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Underwood died early Friday morning, January 16, after being struck by multiple vehicles while crossing the street, according to the New York Police Department.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident occurred around 6:40 a.m. at the intersection of Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard, where she was using a marked crosswalk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the days <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kianna-underwood-dad-speaks-out-after-former-child-star-was-killed-in-hit-and-run-11887826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">following her death<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, her father, <\/span><b>Anthony Underwood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, shared a deeply emotional reflection on Facebook that was later removed. In the post, he questioned whether his daughter received any compassion during her final moments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSo this one time [my partner] <\/span><b>Tia Ynvme Taylor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and I were in the Catskills and we saw this fox on the road,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI could tell it had been hit. It was a dangerous curved road and I contemplated moving our car into the middle of the road so it wouldn\u2019t get hit again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued by recalling the distress of watching another vehicle approach without slowing down. \u201cBefore I could do anything someone came around the corner and didn\u2019t slow down when I started flashing my highbeams. So the driver ran over the fox. I remember the horror I felt when I saw that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Underwood, a second driver eventually stopped to help the injured animal. \u201cAnother driver pulled over and picked the fox up, who was still alive, and put it on the side of the road,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kianna-underwood-dad-speaks-out-after-former-child-star-was-killed-in-hit-and-run-11887826\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The memory<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he said, has stayed with him as he grapples with the circumstances surrounding his daughter\u2019s death. \u201cAll I can think about is did anyone show my baby that same compassion, as someone ran her over like roadkill,\u201d he continued. \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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to police, investigators believe a black 2021 Ford Explorer crossed over the yellow line and drove against traffic before striking Underwood.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After she fell to the ground, she was hit again by a second vehicle\u2014a black and gray sedan. Both drivers left the scene without stopping to provide aid. Underwood was pronounced dead at the location.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Authorities say the drivers have not yet been identified, and no arrests have been made as the investigation continues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Underwood rose to fame as a child performer, appearing on season 10 of Nickelodeon\u2019s sketch comedy series <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All That<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2005. She later continued acting in various television shows and films, building a career beyond her early success on the network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her talents extended beyond the screen. In the mid-2000s, Underwood spent a year performing onstage as Little Inez in the first national tour of the Broadway musical <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hairspray<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, showcasing her abilities as a singer and dancer.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeandstylemag.com\/posts\/kianna-underwoods-dad-speaks-after-her-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The family of former Nickelodeon actor Kianna Underwood is grieving her sudden death following a tragic hit-and-run in Brooklyn. She was 33. Underwood died early Friday morning, January 16, after being struck by multiple vehicles while crossing the street, according to the New York Police Department.\u00a0 The incident occurred around 6:40 a.m. at the intersection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-218370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}