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JACKSON, MI -- The 16-year-old driver involved in a triple-fatal crash was traveling 124 mph before losing control of his vehicle, preliminary data recovered from the crash shows.

Accident reconstruction specialists from Calhoun County obtained the data after search warrants were issued Tuesday morning to download the vehicle's information, according to a sheriff's office press release.

Officials expect the investigation to take several more weeks, the release said.

Once a final report is complete, it will be sent to the Calhoun County Prosecutor for review.

Shammond Holmes, 16, of Albion was driving eastbound in a 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer, which collided with the Buick traveling westbound, on I-94 near 29 Mile Road.

Jackson High School junior Maseo Moore, 16, former secretary Ella Blackwell, 74, and her 77-year-old sister, Ethel Brinstone, were killed in the Sunday evening wreck.

Holmes, Stephen Jackson, 57, Shatara Washington, 15, and Jachristal Hearron, 15, were identified by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department as the four injured.

Allegiance Health spokesman Pete May said Jackson has been released from the hospital. Updates are not available on the minors, due to law.

Moore was sitting in the rear driver's side seat of the Trailblazer.

Washington and Hearron, both of Albion, were the other occupants of the Trailblazer. Hearron was riding in the front passenger's seat while Washington was sitting behind her, Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Capt. Art Draper said.

Jackson was driving his aunts, Blackwell and Brinstone, to Firekeepers Casino in Battle Creek.