Claim of Young v. New York State Police

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 23, 1999, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of her employment.

Claimant, a State Trooper on call 24 hours a day, was injured in a motor vehicle accident at 6:45 a.m. on July 26, 1996 while driving her personal vehicle to work. At the time of the accident, claimant was traveling within the geographical area of her assigned tour of duty on Interstate Route 287 in the Village of Tarrytown, Westchester County, and was within minutes of reaching the police barracks where she…