Former Nickelodeon star killed in hit-and-run

NEW Y ORK (AP):

Law enforcement officials say Kianna Underwood, a former Nickelodeon child star, was killed Friday in a hit-and-run in New York. She was 33.

According to the New York Police Department, Underwood was crossing an intersection in the Brownsville neighbourhood of Brooklyn when a black Ford Explorer SUV hit her in the morning.

While lying in the street, she was then "subsequently struck by a black and grey sedan," NYPD said in a statement. Underwood was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say both drivers left the scene and have not been identified. The investigation remains ongoing.

Underwood starred in Nickelodeon's popular children's sketch comedy show, All That, for over seven episodes in 2005. Between 1999 and 2004, Underwood voiced the character Fuschia Glover in the Nick Jr. show, Little Bill.

She also spent a year on the first national tour of Hairspray as Little Inez.

All That was Underwood's last credited role. The programme helped launch multiple careers over its decade-long run, ranging from Nick Cannon, Kenan Thompson and Amanda Bynes.