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# Jail term in DUI death of ex-rugby player
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/jail-term-in-dui-death-of-ex-rugby-player/
- Published: 2014-01-17T22:19:13.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:30:01.000Z
- Author: Kevin Herrera
- Tags: Crime, News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

![Cameron (file photo)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/55/9f/559f9abc-8372-4a2e-8c2d-27386da4e363/content/images/smdp-com/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2024/07/images-4.jpg)

Cameron's mug shot. (file photo)

LOS ANGELES — A drunken driver who fatally struck former Australian rugby player Gary Mara in a Santa Monica crosswalk has been sentenced to four years in state prison.

Prosecutors say 28-year-old Cara Cameron was sentenced Friday in Los Angeles. She pleaded guilty last month to vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and agreed to pay $100,000 in restitution to Mara's family.

Authorities say the 50-year-old Mara, his wife and 8-year-old daughter were vacationing in August 2012 when they entered a crosswalk in Downtown against a "don't walk" signal.

Cameron, who has a history of drunken driving, struck Mara and he died at a hospital.

Mara played for the Balmain Tigers and the Parramatta Eels in the 1980s. He retired in 1985.

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