A trio of reports filed by the Rockmart Police Department earlier this month attributed paving work that’s been underway to why motorcycle riders damaged their bikes, and in two of those wrecks went to the hospital.

Around noon on Saturday, October 7, Rockmart Police went out to the scene of a Harley Davidson which had reported that it was changing lanes going into the Raceway when they lost control of their motorcycle and crashed. A witness also confirmed what happened.

AdventHealth Redmond EMS did take the driver from Powder Springs to a Cobb County-area medical center for treatment, but the report did not indicate clearly the severity of those injuries.

An hour later at 1:05 p.m., the same officer took a report from a Dallas-area rider on a 2001 Yamaha motorcycle and that he was changing lanes and then “could not remember what happened.” A witness told Rockmart Police that they saw the driver attempt to change lanes and then lost control and wrecked.

The driver and a rider were both taken to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center in Rome for treatment by AdventHealth Redmond EMS.

Just over 24 hours later in front of Raceway again, a driver on a 1985 Honda wrecked after he attempted to get over into the turn lane and lost control of his bike.

No injuries for the Powder Springs driver that required transport to the hospital were recorded by police in the accident report filed from Sunday, October 8.

The commonality between all of these reports?

A three to four inch difference in roadway height while paving work was being completed. The work happening on Nathan Dean Parkway at the turn lane in front of Raceway contributed to all three wrecks, per those reports filed earlier in the month.