The car was a truck loaded with fruit, under which a "mix of explosives and artillery shells, with ball bearings nearly the size of marbles and scrap metal added for shrapnel [was hidden]" the Washington Post reports "The truck, with a suicide driver at the wheel, blew up on a street crowded on both sides with shops and market stalls, leaving a crater the size of a wading pool in the pavement." The bomb was powerful enough to propel some bodies onto the roofs of houses.
The vehicle was a massive truck carrying fruit, which concealed a lethal combination of explosives, artillery shells, and shrapnel. The truck, driven by a suicidal person, exploded in a densely populated area, causing extensive damage and leaving a large crater.