Kianna Underwood’s father, Anthony Underwood, asked a painful question in a since-deleted post shared in the wake of his daughter’s death<\/b>
\nFormer Nickelodeon star Kianna Underwood\u2019s father is reportedly asking himself \u2014 and others \u2014 a painful question in the wake of his daughter\u2019s hit-and-run death.
\u201cSo this one time [my partner] Tia Ynvme Taylor and I were in the Catskills and we saw this fox on the road. I could tell it had been hit,\u201d Anthony Underwood, Kianna\u2019s dad, wrote in a since-deleted Facebook post shared on Saturday, January 17, according to People.
\u201cIt 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 he reportedly continued in the post. \u201cBut before 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. Another driver pulled over and picked the fox up who was still alive and put it on the side of the road.\u201d
He continued, \u201cAll I can think about is did anyone show my baby that same compassion, as someone ran her over like roadkill. Did anyone try to comfort my baby as she layed dying in the street alone, or did they just stand around with their phones.\u201d
Kianna was identified as the victim of a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn on Friday, January 16, Us Weekly previously confirmed. The 33-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
\u201cOn Friday, January 16, 2026, at approximately 0643 hours, police responded to a 911 call of a pedestrian struck at Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard, within the confines of the 73 Precinct,\u201d a spokesperson for the NYP told Us. \u201cFurther investigation by the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad determined that a black 2021 Ford Explorer SUV, operated by an unidentified individual, was traveling westbound on Pitkin Avenue with a green traffic signal in its favor, as it approached the intersection of Mother Gaston Boulevard.\u201d
The spokesperson continued, \u201cIt improperly crossed over the double yellow line and traveled counterflow in the eastbound lane to pass a vehicle that was beginning to make a right turn from westbound Pitkin Avenue to northbound Mother Gaston Boulevard and struck a 33-year-old female pedestrian that was attempting to cross Pitkin Avenue in the marked crosswalk from the northeast to southeast corner, against the pedestrian signal.\u201d
According to authorities, while Kianna was \u201clying on the roadway\u201d she was \u201csubsequently struck by a black and gray sedan, operated by an unidentified individual.\u201d
\u201cEMS responded and pronounced the pedestrian deceased on the scene,\u201d the spokesperson added. \u201cThe operations of the vehicles did not remain on scene. There are no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing by the NYPD Highway District\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad.\u201d
On Friday, Anthony confirmed his daughter\u2019s untimely death via Facebook, sharing an article about the hit-and-run while asking for privacy.
\u201cPlease give me and my family time to process this,\u201d he captioned the status update at the time. \u201cThank you.\u201d The father also shared a link to a NY Post story regarding the accident.
Kianna was best known for starring on All That. She appeared in seven episodes on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy from 2004 to 2005. Her costars included Saturday Night Live\u2019s Kenan Thompson, Amanda Bynes, Nick Cannon and more.<\/p>\n