cardiologist 復習
イギリスのM5でタンクローリーが横転，2台の自動車を巻き込む第事故が発生しました。この事故により4名が亡くなりました。事故の調査と安全確保のため，両車線が通行止めとなったようです。 記事の中で気になった単語はcardiologist /kɑ̀rdiɑ́lədʒɪst/です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』（三省堂）を調べると「心臓(病)学者[専門医]」という意味がありました。事故に巻き込まれた車両のすぐ後ろを走っていたドライバーは心臓外科医で，負傷者の救護にあたったようです。(Ume)
M5 crash: Four dead in Gloucestershire
Cardiologist Dr Amer Hamed was in a car travelling "10 to 20 seconds behind" when the crash happened.
He was one of the first at the scene along with a passing GP and other medics to help an injured woman who was in one of the cars.
Paramedics arrived on the scene about six minutes later and the woman Dr Hamed had been helping was taken away by ambulance to hospital.
He said: "There was a lorry involved and at least two other cars. One was absolutely destroyed and another had flipped over."
He said motorists who had been stuck on the carriageway for several hours were "very helpful".
"People are helping as much as they can," he said.
