A prominent Edmonton lawyer died Sunday afternoon following a two-vehicle collision just north of Gibbons.
Sid Tarrabain, a criminal defence lawyer who practised for years in Edmonton, died after his SUV collided with a pickup truck on Highway 28, near the Goose Hummock golf course, around 2 p.m. Sunday. He was alone in the vehicle.
Two other people – the male driver of the pickup and his female passenger – were injured.
Morinville RCMP Cpl. Shawn French said the two vehicles appear to have hit head-on. An RCMP accident reconstructionist was at the scene Sunday, and French said a number of eyewitnesses were interviewed about the crash.
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Early Monday, he could not confirm the condition of the two injured people, but said the woman was conscious when she was taken to hospital by ground ambulance. The man was transported by STARS.
French said police are now waiting for the medical examiner’s report, and are expecting to have a preliminary report from the accident reconstructionist in the next week.
According to an online biography, Tarrabain graduated from law school in Cardiff, Wales, in 1985 and returned to Edmonton to practice law. He was a founding partner of Tarrabain and Company Barristers and Solicitors, which he began in 1990. He was a member of the Criminal Bar Association and received a Queen’s Counsel appointment in 2002.
He was involved in a number of high-profile cases, including representing fraud artist Michael Ritter.
Tarrabain also represented Grace Johnston, whose son Const. Leo Johnston was one of the RCMP officers killed at Mayerthorpe in 2005, in a family legal battle over where his remains should be buried.
Tarrabain, who was born in Lac La Biche, was married with young children.
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