Three Boston teenagers were arrested Thursday after MBTA Transit Police said they attacked an off-duty cab driver with a hammer and glass bottle.

A 14-year-old boy was arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, a glass bottle, and a 16-year-old girl was arrested and charged with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, a hammer. A 13-year-old boy is also accused of spitting on the victim, police said.

On Thursday, MBTA Transit Police officers received a call around 10:45 p.m. that said train windows were “maliciously damaged” at the JFK-UMass MBTA station. When they arrived police said a witness saw them “kicking and striking Red Line train car windows breaking them in the process.”

They then went to the Station’s pick-up/drop-off area and approached an off duty cab driver for a ride, police said.

The driver told the teenagers he was not working and was there to pick up a family member, police said.

“The group responded by spitting on him, attacking him with a hammer and a glass bottle,” according to police. “A witness then pointed out the offending juveniles to responding officers.”

Officers said they are still working to determine if there will be further charges for the “malicious destruction of the train windows,” which will be based on video review.

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