METRO VANCOUVER -- A Smithrite truck driver is lucky to be alive today after a huge steel beam crushed the cab of his truck while he was working at the back of Coquitlam Centre mall. 

A Coquitlam RCMP spokesman said the driver saw the beam coming down and managed to crouch down and apparently escape serious injury.  The driver got out of the truck himself and called 9-1-1 immediately. 

Officials are still investigating the cause of the accident, which also caused significant building damage. 

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