A 24-year-old college student allegedly smashed a Red Line train window at the Braintree station on Wednesday afternoon in a fit of rage after missing his train, and three hours later a 40-year-old East Boston man smashed a bus window and tried to attack the driver with a brick, according to MBTA Transit Police.
The man told police he “lost it,” after missing his train, officials said. He will be summoned to Quincy District Court to face a charge of malicious destruction of property.
The incident occurred around 4 p.m. Monday at the Braintree stop, officials said. It was “an egregious way to handle the situation,” Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said by e-mail.
Sullivan said he couldn’t name the man because he hasn’t yet appeared in court.
About three hours after the Braintree incident, a 40-year-old East Boston man was arrested at the Maverick Square stop for allegedly vandalizing a bus window and trying to assault the driver with a brick.
The alleged attack was unprovoked, police said, and alcohol may have been a factor. The driver wasn’t injured, Sullivan said, and the man was charged with malicious destruction of property and assault by means of a dangerous weapon.
Travis Andersen can be reached at travis.andersen@globe.com.