LIVERMORE, N.H. — Rescuers helped a Connecticut hiker with an injured knee off the Pine Bend Brook Trail in Livermore on the night of Oct. 24, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said Monday.

Brian Fournier, 22, of Bethany, Connecticut, was hiking alone on a 20-mile loop and had been reported overdue, the department said. Shortly before 8 p.m., Fish and Game was told that he had hurt his knee and was trying to make his way down the trail on his own.

Fournier was able to call from the ridge near North Tripyramid Mountain, officials said. The call placed him 3 miles from the trailhead, and he reported that his knee was injured and that he was moving slowly.

Because of where he was and the hour, a small group of Fish and Game conservation officers and volunteers from Lakes Region Search and Rescue went up the trail after him, the department said.

The rescuers met Fournier 1.5 miles up the trail, stabilized his knee and helped him back to the trailhead. The group got back shortly after 11 p.m., according to Fish and Game.

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