https://mashable.com/article/the-office-kate-flannery-meredith-hit-by-car/

The new episode of the Office Ladies podcast reveals that The Office episode where Michael's car hits Kate Flannery's character (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqivZzA2dvY), the writers seriously considered having him not only run into her -- but backing up over her to ensure that she was dead. Jenna Fischer also reveals that the writers even considered having Michael club Meredith to death with The Club anti-theft device.

https://mashable.com/article/the-office-kate-flannery-meredith-hit-by-car/

The new episode of the Office Ladies podcast reveals that The Office episode where Michael's car hits Kate Flannery's character (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqivZzA2dvY), the writers seriously considered having him not only run into her -- but backing up over her to ensure that she was dead. Jenna Fischer also reveals that the writers even considered having Michael club Meredith to death with The Club anti-theft device.

Meredith and Kevin were the worst characters

Straight from the writing school of very bad ideas! That kind of stupidity if allowed, would have killed the show instantly.