Arraignment date set for man charged in hit-and-run accident on campus

Benjamin D. Clague, age 23 of Gilbert, Iowa, was arrested and charged in connection with a hit-and-run incident that killed an ISU student.

Michaela Ramm

An arraignment date has been scheduled for Monday, Feb. 15, for the CyRide driver who was arrested and charged after an ISU student was killed in a hit-and-run accident.

Benjamin Clague, 23, will appear in the Story County Courthouse for an arraignment, which is the first part of his criminal procedure. 

Clague was arrested on Jan. 20 and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death, a class D felony, and failure to obey a traffic control device, a simple misdemeanor. The Ames Tribune reported he was released from jail shortly after posting bail.

Clague was arrested in connection to the death of Emmalee Jacobs, 18, a freshman studying business.

previous article in The Daily reported the Ames Police Department said Jacobs was struck by at 7:04 a.m. Dec. 14 on the crosswalk of Ash Avenue and Lincoln Way. She was walking from Buchanan Hall, her residence, to campus.