Press council rules car crash victim had reasonable expectation to privacy

The Australian Press Council has found news.com.au in breach of its standards after an image was posted of a victim at the scene of a fatal car accident in March.

Published half an hour after the crash on March 7, an article on the News Corp-owned website featured an image of a damaged vehicle with its doors open and emergency crew members. The face of a person whose head was titled back on a stretcher also appeared in the photo.