Pop singer held for drink-driving after crashing at tunnel entrance

Pop singer Jeremy Liu, 24, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of drink-driving after his Alfa Romeo crashed into a flower bed at a tunnel entrance. Police said initial tests indicated Liu's breath-alcohol level was about three times the legal limit.

Liu, the holder of a Hong Kong identity card, and his passenger, Lin Ya-lin, also 24, from Taiwan, were slightly injured. They were in stable condition in the United Christian Hospital last night.

Police sad Liu was driving along Tseung Kwan O Road, Kwun Tong, at about 5.30am when his white Alfa Romeo 159 saloon crashed at the entrance of the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.

'The vehicle ran out of control and crashed into a flower bed near the tunnel's administration building after driving past a pay booth,' a police spokesman said.

The car then mounted the flower bed and toppled on to one side. The occupants were trapped and had to be freed by fire-fighters.

Liu suffered minor injuries to his forehead, arms and legs. Lin suffered an injury to her right hand and pains in her abdomen. They were taken conscious to hospital.