Nearly £17k a year and they don't teach them basic road safety skills? Scandalous!
Still, it just goes to show that a privileged background (Air Cadets, Venture Scouts, scuba diving et al don't come cheap, I'd guess) is no protection from a ton of metal, travelling at 60mph.
There's a lot about this story which doesn't make sense. If the family is loaded, why didn't the lad simply hire a taxi to get home from the party. If he had so many great friends, why didn't one of them give him a lift in their car? Why didn't their parents come and fetch him (or is that too embarrasing, at 17?) Why didn't the parents send their chauffeur out to collect him?