BIBB COUNTY, Ga. (WGXA) - Macon-Bibb County officials agreed to settle a lawsuit Tuesday following a 2018 wreck blamed on a county employee.

According to documents obtained by WGXA News, the suit was filed in 2020 by Tarsha Smith, nearly two years after the wreck. She alleges injuries following a vehicle wreck in which a county employee, later identified as Kevin Kent, hit Smith's car.

Macon-Bibb County Commissioners were advised at Tuesday's meeting that it is in the best interest of the county to settle the lawsuit with Smith for $350,000.

According to the suit, Smith was driving along Third Street near its intersection with Hawthorne Street on September 12, 2018. Meanwhile, the suit says Kent was driving a pickup truck owned by Macon-Bibb County when he hit the side of Smith's car.

Smith requested a trial by jury but the expected settlement will keep the case from going before one.