Ex-Nickelodeon child star Kianna Underwood killed in hit-and-run after being trapped under car and dragged along street
A FORMER Nickelodeon star has been killed in a horror hit-and-run in New York City.
Kianna Underwood, 33, was dragged under a car after it struck her in Brooklyn early on Friday morning.
She was crossing Pitkin Avenue in the Brownsville neighbourhood when a black Ford SUV hit her.
Kianna – who appeared in comedy sketch show All That in 2005 – was pulled under the car for around a block.
The driver fled as she lay motionless in the road, the New York Post reports.
Kianna was pronounced dead at the scene after being found with “severe trauma” at the intersection of Osborn Street and Pitkin Avenue.
No arrests have been made.
As well as starring in several episodes of Nickelodeon’s All That, Kianna also lent her voice to animated series Little Bill.
The child star also appeared in indie film The 24-Hour Woman in 1999, and provided voiceovers for animated TV movie Santa, Baby in 2001.
Off screen, Kianna spent time on the stage – playing little Inez during the first national tour of Hairspray.
One of Kianna’s relatives, Anthony Underwood, shared the tragic news of her death on Facebook.
He wrote: “Please give me and my family time to process this. Thank you.”
It comes after another child star was killed after he was hit by a car while stepping off a school bus.
Nikodem Marecki, 11, was run over moments after exiting the vehicle near Kraków, Poland.
Emergency services rushed to the scene and an air ambulance helicopter transferred him to hospital on November 26.
Nikodem starred in the multi-award winning Polish war drama White Courage, released last year.
Director Marcin Koszałka called it a “terrible, great loss”, adding: “He was very talented and the world was opening up to him.”