Tulisa arrested on suspicion of drink driving and spends the night in a cell after crashing her Ferrari 

• Singer's supercar collided with vehicle outside Tube station last night
• Tulisa was breathalysed and taken into custody, where she remains today 

By Chris Greenwood and Martin Robinson for MailOnline

Published: 07:35 EST, 11 September 2015 | Updated: 11:33 EST, 11 September 2015

Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving after crashing her Ferrari, MailOnline can reveal today.

The former X-Factor star, 27, allegedly collided with a Saab outside a Tube station in Southgate, North London last night.

Officers were called and the singer was breathalysed at the scene and is believed to have failed. 

In custody: Tulisa, pictured left in July and right outside court last year, has been taken to an East London police station last night

The star is in custody, Scotland Yard has said. 

A Met spokesman added: 'Police were called shortly before midnight on Thursday to outside Southgate Underground Station following reports of two cars in collision.

'Officers and London Fire Brigade attended. There were no reported injuries.

'One of the drivers, a 27-year-old woman, was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and taken to an East London police station.

'A breath test was administered. We do not discuss the results. She remains in custody.' 

MailOnline has asked Miss Contostavlos' agent to comment.

An eye witness said she told police she'd only had 'one vodka' before the late night crash.

Chris Renz, who runs a nearby security camera company, said he heard a loud bang before rushing to the scene and telling the former X Factor judge: 'You could have killed someone!'

Mr Renz, 37, said: 'I was walking round the corner when I heard this noise.

'I thought it was a motorbike because it was revving so loud.

'Then I heard a smash. I thought someone was dead because it was just like 'bang'.

'I rushed round to see and I said 'What the f*** are you doing? You could have killed someone.'

'When the Old Bill turned up they breathalysed her and she said "I've had one vodka". They breathalysed her and - bang - nicked her.

'Her boyfriend drove the car off. They didn't even bother breathalysing him.'

The crash, which is understood to have been captured on CCTV cameras, happened at a roundabout outside Southgate tube station in north London shortly before midnight last night.

According to Mr Renz, the 27-year-old had been driving a black Ferrari California with yellow callipers on its brakes when she hit a Saab.

He added that Tulisa did not seem drunk, but appeared to have raced to the top of a hill leading to the roundabout, judging by the sound of the revs he heard.

When asked if the singer appeared drunk, he said: 'She looked a bit normal. I didn't understand why she accelerated to the top for no reason.'

Car fan: Tulisa is known to love super cars, pictured here in London last year in her Audi sportscar

Last year the former X Factor judge said she had been the victim of a 'disgusting entrapment' yesterday as she walked free from court after her drugs trial collapsed.

She punched the air in triumph as she was sensationally cleared of arranging a drugs deal after an undercover reporter who tricked her into boasting she could 'sort out' cocaine was found to have lied in court.

A police investigation was then launched into the Mazher Mahmood, the journalist who is known as the Fake Sheikh and has targeted a raft of celebrities, sportsmen and royals in tabloid stings.

The former N-Dubz singer had been accused of setting up an £800 cocaine deal, asking her friend Michael Coombs to take drugs to Mahmood after the reporter told her he was a 'big shot' movie executive offering her a £3million role in a blockbuster starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

After a week-long trial she was cleared and said on the steps of court: 'This whole case was an horrific and disgusting entrapment.'

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