http://goo.gl/maps/BqVaX
Scary, looks like the road just dead-ends into the water. Still shouldn't have outdriven their lights or been unprepared for conditions -- cell phones make people careless.
In addition to the 3R's, hard sciences, and a foreign language or two, school should include:
(1) Shop class
(2) Cooking class
(3) Scouting, with all able-bodied students being required to make their way out of a nearby state park at dusk with a map, compass, but no cell phone as a condition of graduation.