Sorry blatant disregard is probably an over exaggeration
SHEAR STUPIDITY is probably a better term although how much responsibility you can lay on the ignorant who can say . maybe the person who sold him the kite forgot to tell him to get lessons and how dangerous it can be to have your first fly in 30 kn. gusty wind . and sure accidents will happen but plummeting back to earth because of inexperience and having to face the possibility of losing the lower half of your leg is an accident that could have easily avoided

for those of you who want gory details
how it started i haven`t found a reliable witness but it ended up with him landing on the sand next to one of the locals at a high enough velocity to snap his leg resulting with bone protruding just below his knee and just above his ankle . now i dont know about you but i`m glad i didn`t see it