Concluding a bizarre incident, a Milton woman has received an apology after being struck by a vehicle driven by Buffalo Bills running back Marshawn Lynch.

Lynch apologized to the 27-year-old victim last week before heading into Buffalo's Department of Motor Vehicles office to plead guilty to a traffic infraction -- failure to exercise due care toward a pedestrian.

The football player will temporarily lose his driver's licence and pay $150 US in fines after he admitted last week he was driving his Porsche SUV May 31 in Buffalo when he hit the Milton woman -- who was crossing the street -- and left the scene.

A plea deal last week between his lawyer and Erie County prosecutors allowed Lynch to avoid a criminal charge on the hit-and-run.

Lynch maintains he didn't know he hit anyone.

"It was raining real hard; there was a dancing pedestrian in the middle of the street," said the 22-year-old before the hearing. "I slowed down to let her go and continued on my way home. I didn't know my car had hit anyone or anything."

Investigators believe the woman Lynch struck was near the woman he saw dancing.

The Miltonian suffered a bruised hip and required seven stitches for a cut on her thigh. She has indicated she is considering filing a lawsuit against Lynch.

In the weeks immediately after the accident, investigators grew frustrated by what they saw as a lack of co-operation from Lynch and the Bills.

That eventually led Erie County District Attorney Frank Clark to subpoena three players and at least two Bills officials to appear before the grand jury.

The grand jury was dismissed without hearing testimony once the agreement was reached.

Lynch, in a written statement issued by his attorney, said he was following his lawyer's advice, and that was the reason for the delay.

"I regret that this matter has taken some time to resolve," he said. "If I had known... that my vehicle had struck a pedestrian, I would have stopped immediately."

-- With files from the Associated Press