BEIJING - A Chinese pop singer, best known for his campus ballads, faces prison after he was caught drunken driving on Monday night in Beijing, police said on Tuesday.

The 42-year-old singer, music producer and director, Gao Xiaosong, was driving his white Infiniti SUV after a late-night meal at a downtown Beijing hotel when he crashed into a car stopped at a red light at an intersection near the diplomatic area on Dongzhimen Street.

The collision caused a pile-up involving two other cars, but police, who were on scene at 10:32 pm, said no injuries were reported.