Overview
- Deputies say Vadim Valenteychik, 54, crashed into a building in Palm Coast and was arrested on DUI and DUI with property damage.
- At the hospital, breath tests measured BACs of 0.325% and 0.340%, and he was medically cleared after more than six hours.
- He was booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and housed alone, with deputies conducting overnight checks.
- Shortly after 6 a.m., a detention deputy found him unresponsive; staff used an AED and Flagler County Fire Rescue later pronounced him deceased.
- The sheriff requested an FDLE investigation, with an internal review to follow and a clinical medical review underway; officials note BACs in the 0.30%–0.35% range carry an elevated risk of coma or death.